A police officer is shot in a gun battle with bank robbers. although emergency brain surgery saves his life, it leaves him unable to store new information. the officer's family is applying to the state for compensation for his injuries. when asked to provide a diagnosis of the difficulties he suffers, what will they write?

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Mollie Rogers

6 August, 08:35

A police officer is shot in a gun battle with bank robbers. although emergency brain surgery saves his life, it leaves him unable to store new information. the officer's family is applying to the state for compensation for his injuries. when asked to provide a diagnosis of the difficulties he suffers, what will they write?

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Rowan Jones · Answer 1

Base on the given scenario, the diagnosis of the difficulties that the police officer had suffered is an anterograde amnesia. This type of amnesia is where an individual finds it difficult to recall memories or events occurred in the past and he or she can’t store new memories.