Summary Quiz for “Defining a Doctor”

Question 16.64

1. Read “Defining a Doctor” and summarize the selection below. Be sure to put the summary in your own words and to avoid using the sentence structure of the reading selection. Remember that your summary should restate the author’s main idea (or thesis) and that it should include only the author’s most important supporting ideas. When you have completed your summary, “submit” your work.

Here is an example summary of this reading selection:

Abigail Zuger, in “Defining a Doctor, with a Tear, a Shrug, and a Schedule,” uses her experience supervising two interns to contrast doctoring styles. Her female intern cared about her patients excessively, sometimes staying long after her shift ended or taking on responsibilities that should have fallen to nurses, orderlies, or dieticians. Her male intern, in contrast, never came in early or stayed late, and refused to take on the work of anyone else, even if his patient’s health suffered as a result. Zuger contends that the male intern’s approach is the wave of the future as interns’ hours are reduced, but she hopes the enthusiasm and emotional connection of the female intern aren’t sacrificed in favor of efficient teamwork.

Your summary will differ from this one in the way it is written, but it should include roughly the same information.
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