PrepTest 45, Section 4, Question 11
By Brandon Beaver | Published October 29, 2024
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Explanations
I'm not a fan of these questions. I often find them tricky. But they're as answerable as all the rest. We just need to find an answer choice with solid evidence.
So what were we discussing at the end of the passage?
Well, we were talking about how certain archaic aspects of the Hippocratic oath can be viewed through a modern lens and remain useful. That the code sort of course corrects on its own. So a reasonable next step would be to say, "And that's why we shouldn't mess with the code too much—it sort of self-corrects." That's my prediction.
Let's see.
A
Nah, this is too much of a 180. The author isn't saying it's easy to reinterpret the oath. They're saying that, by practicing medicine in accordance with it, we naturally revise it through our behavior, hence why we shouldn't mess with it too much.
B
No, this mischaracterizes the author's overall argument. The author concedes that we may need revisions along the oath's fringes, but not at the core.
C
No way. The author isn't saying that critics are ultimately unimaginative. The author's saying that they have some reasonable points that ultimately resolve themselves where the rubber meets the road in medical practice.
D
No, this is sort of like B. It goes too far regarding the author fighting back against critics. I really don't see the author doing much of that other than to see we need to maintain the core of the Hippocratic oath.
E
Yeah, this is it. We need some tweaks, not an overhaul, because we naturally revise the code over time through our behaviors in medical practice.
Passage
The moral precepts embodied in the Hippocratic oath, which p
Question 11
Based on information in the passage, it can be inferred that