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Exam 14: Controversies Surrounding Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

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If a human being is not capable of understanding the choice between life and death, euthanasia would be :

A) involuntary
B) non-voluntary
C) voluntary
D) none of these

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Injecting morphine to kill a incurably ill person is a:

A) practical euthanasia
B) voluntary euthanasia
C) passive euthanasia
D) active euthanasia

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---------------------is accepted by professional medical societies, and by the law under certain circumstances.

Which country legalised voluntary euthanasia?

--------------- built a 'suicide machine'

Active euthanasia occurs when the medical professionals --------do something that causes the patient to die.

In many jurisdictions, ---------------can be considered Manslaughter

It has been estimated that about -------------each year result from euthanasia in Netherlands

In many jurisdictions, active euthanasia can be considered:

Euthanasia as -------------- when the person killed is capable of consenting to her own death, but does not do so, either because she is not asked, or because she is asked and chooses to go on living

Withholding or withdrawing certain treatment and letting a patient to die is called:

-------------is not against the law in Michigan.

The CMA supports ------------is morally permissible in certain circumstances

Disconnect a feeding tube- is related with

Don't give life-extending drugs- is related with

Assisting suicide is not against the law in ---------

Don't carry out a life-extending operation - is related with

--------------- occurs when the medical professionals, or another person, deliberately do something that causes the patient to die.

The case of Louis Repouille is an example for:

Dr. Jack Kevorkian built a -----------