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Imagine a patient admitted to the hospital following a car accident in which he sustained a head trauma

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Imagine a patient admitted to the hospital following a car accident in which he sustained a head trauma. The morning after the crash, a neuropsychologist enters the patient’s hospital room and attempts to administer a brief neuropsychological test battery. How might this patient—who only yesterday was in a car accident—respond to being asked to remember words and short phrases, draw pictures from memory, and other such similar tasks? How might you deal with any resistance the patient might mount to completing the assessment?