The moral precepts embodied in the Hippocratic oath, which physicians standardly affirm upon beginning medical practice, have long been considered the immutable bedrock of medical ethics, binding physicians in a moral community that reaches across temporal, cultural, and national barriers. █████ ████ ████████ ███ ████████ █████████ ██ ████ ██████████ ███████ ██ ███ █████████ ███ ███ ███████ ███ ███ ███ ████ ██ ████████ ███ ██ ███████ ██ ███████ █████████ ██ ████████████ ███████ █████████ ███ ████████████ ██ █████████ ██████████████████ ██████ ██████████ ██ ███ ████████ ██████████ ███ ████████ ██████ ███████████ ███ ███
Intro topic ·Hippocratic oath as basis of medical ethics
Oath to act in patients' best interests and adopt standards of professional conduct
Requires doctors to prioritize individual patient needs over broader societal considerations. Also limits role of market forces in driving quality and availability of care.
Example of solution ·Oath previously reinterpreted to allow surgery
Passage Style
Critique or debate
14.
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Question Type
Main point
Title questions are just like Main Point questions. Let’s pick a title that best captures the main point: we don’t need to dramatically overhaul or abandon the Hippocratic oath.
a
"The Ancients versus ███ ████████ ███████████ █████ █████ ███████ ███████
This doesn’t capture the passage’s focus on the Hippocratic oath. The passage isn’t about the general topic of conflicting ideas about medical ethics. It’s about a specific oath and what should be done with it. In addition, the author does not focus on comparing modern ideas about ethics to ancient ones; although a difference between modern ideas and ancient ones is mentioned as part of critics’ argument concerning the oath, that comparison isn’t the focus of the author’s argument in P2.
This title is too focused on the motivations of the critics. It doesn’t capture the broader topic of what should be done with the Hippocratic oath. In addition, the reference to “managed care” is part of just one point made by the critics; there’s no reason the title of the passage should mention managed care.
The author’s point that the origins of the oath don’t matter is simply one minor point in support of the broader rejection of the critics’ views. So (C) is too narrow to be the main point.
d
"The Dead Hand ██ ████████████ ████████ ███ ████ ██ ███████ █████ ██ ██████ █████████
This doesn’t fit, because the author isn’t trying to break away from ancient ideas. Rather, the author wants to retain the core value of the oath, not break away from it.
e
"Prescription for the ███████████ █████ ████████ ██ █████ █████████
This is the best title, because it captures the question of whether the oath needs dramatic changes (”Major Surgery”) or only minor adaptation (”Facelift”). The author argues for only minor adaptation.
Difficulty
75% of people who answer get this correct
This is a difficult question.
It is similar in difficulty to other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%144
154
75%163
Analysis
Main point
Critique or debate
Humanities
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
10%
159
b
5%
158
c
5%
161
d
6%
157
e
75%
166
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