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Chapter 10. Euthanasia
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Chapter 10. Euthanasia
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TRUE/FALSE1 : Nonvoluntary euthanasia means causing death in violation of the patients consent.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
2 : Removing a person from a respirator after he has been declared dead according to whole
brain death criteria is a case of passive euthanasia.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
3 : According to a broad definition of euthanasia, only so-called active euthanasia or mercy
killing should be called euthanasia.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
4 : Physician-assisted suicide is suicide that results from a physicians prescription of lethal
medication.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
5 : To give pain medication in order to relieve pain, knowing that there is also a chance that the
patient might be so weakened as to die from the medication, is generally considered a case of
active euthanasia.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
6 : Some laws in the United States allow for nonvoluntary passive euthanasia.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
7 : A Durable Power of Attorney is substantially the same as a living will, for they both are
documents designed to enable one to write in advance what treatment one wants and what one
doesnt want when dying and unable to speak.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
8 : If a person asks to be disconnected from certain life support equipment, and this is done, this
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, would be a case of voluntary active euthanasia.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
9 : Administering a lethal dose to a person who requests it is termed voluntary active
euthanasia.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : A
10 : Relatively common or standard measures of life support are always to be considered
ordinary means of life support.
A : true
B : false
Correct Answer : B
SHORT RESPONSE
11 : Label as types of euthanasia: Voluntary Active (VA), Voluntary Passive withholding
Ordinary Measures (VPO), Voluntary Passive withholding Extraordinary Measures (VPEx), or
(using the same names with NV for non-voluntary) Non-voluntary Active (NVA), Non-voluntary
Passive withholding Ordinary Measures (NVPO), Non-voluntary Passive withholding
Extraordinary Measures (NVPEx).A person who has serious lung problems and has been
temporarily placed on a respirator asks that she be removed from a respirator that is causing
her great discomfort.
Correct Answer : VPO
12 : Label as types of euthanasia: Voluntary Active (VA), Voluntary Passive withholding
Ordinary Measures (VPO), Voluntary Passive withholding Extraordinary Measures (VPEx), or
(using the same names with NV for non-voluntary) Non-voluntary Active (NVA), Non-voluntary
Passive withholding Ordinary Measures (NVPO), Non-voluntary Passive withholding
Extraordinary Measures (NVPEx).A dying patient asks that no more chemotherapy be given
because it is doing nothing but prolonging her death, which is inevitable in a short time anyway.
Correct Answer : VPEx
13 : Label as types of euthanasia: Voluntary Active (VA), Voluntary Passive withholding
Ordinary Measures (VPO), Voluntary Passive withholding Extraordinary Measures (VPEx), or
(using the same names with NV for non-voluntary) Non-voluntary Active (NVA), Non-voluntary
Passive withholding Ordinary Measures (NVPO), Non-voluntary Passive withholding
Extraordinary Measures (NVPEx).A person who has terminal cancer takes an overdose of
sleeping pills so that he will be able to die when and how he wishes.
Correct Answer : VA
14 : Label as types of euthanasia: Voluntary Active (VA), Voluntary Passive withholding
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