Physician-assisted dying differs from active euthanasia in that :

Physician-assisted dying differs from active euthanasia in that
 
  A) it does not involve medication.
  B) it is legal almost everywhere, except in the United States.
  C) it usually involves the patient pulling the plug of life-support equipment.
  D) the action that causes the death is self-administered.

Question 2

In Holland, where active euthanasia was legalized in 2002, researchers have found that
 
  A) euthanasia is routinely used with mentally disabled patients.
  B) euthanasia is routinely used with physically handicapped patients.
  C) requests for euthanasia are almost always approved by Dutch doctors.
  D) euthanasia is used mainly as a last resort.

Question 3

The slippery slope of active euthanasia might involve hastening the death of a
 
  A) man who is not clinically depressed.
  B) terminally ill patient who is in great pain.
  C) mentally retarded individual.
  D) person in a persistent vegetative state.

Question 4

In order for Jocelyn, a terminally ill patient in the Netherlands, to become eligible for active euthanasia, she needs to
 
  A) merely ask her doctor to end her life twice.
  B) only ask her doctor to end her life numerous times.
  C) ask hedoctor to end her life twice and also ask a second doctor once.
  D) ask hedoctor to end her life numerous times and also have a second doctor certify that she is in unbearable pain that cannot be alleviated with medication.

Question 5

Active euthanasia was legalized in the Netherlands in 2002. What percentage of all deaths in the Netherlands is due to active euthanasia?
 
  A) 3
  B) 7
  C) 11
  D) 15

Question 6

Active euthanasia is legal in
 
  A) Belgium and Holland.
  B) Belgium and the United States.
  C) Holland and the United States.
  D) the United States

Question 7

The doctor clearly engaged in active euthanasia when she
 
  A) controlled the patient's pain with morphine, which suppressed his breathing.
  B) decided against giving the patient the heart surgery that might have prolonged his life.
  C) injected the patient with a lethal dose of a drug.
  D) removed a feeding tube that was keeping his body alive.

Question 8

Which of the following is true about passive euthanasia?
 
  A) It is against the law everywhere.
  B) It is widely practiced.
  C) It involves actions meant to deliberately induce death.
  D) It is considered an unacceptable action for a doctor to take.