Mrs. Old was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease 10 years ago. She is now 98 years old, confused, ...

Mrs. Old was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease 10 years ago. She is now 98 years old, confused, and needing help with activities of daily living. One day, she develops pneumonia, which is deliberately not treated. This might be a case of
 
  a. active euthanasia
  b. passive euthanasia
  c. voluntary euthanasia
  d. assisted suicide
  e. altruistic suicide

Question 2

John is 25 years old and paraplegic. He asks his girlfriend to obtain for him and administer enough medication to end his life. If she does this, she is engaging in
 
  a. active euthanasia
  b. passive euthanasia
  c. involuntary euthanasia
  d. nonvoluntary euthanasia
  e. assisted suicide

Question 3

A terminally ill patient has been receiving medical interventions regularly for the past four months. One day, the patient decides to accept no more of these interventions. Soon after, the patient dies. This represents:
 
  a. poor medical care
  b. malpractice
  c. an expected outcome
  d. active euthanasia
  e. passive euthanasia

Question 4

The concept of passive euthanasia applies to
 
  a. never beginning interventions needed to sustain life
  b. allowing or permitting death to occur
  c. withdrawal of interventions that are sustaining life
  d. all of these
  e. none of these

Question 5

According to the text, which of the following is true about passive euthanasia?
 
  a. people in favor of passive euthanasia also favor active euthanasia
  b. passive euthanasia involves withdrawing an intervention that is no longer able to prolong life
  c. passive euthanasia means the person carrying out the euthanasia is ambivalent about his or her involvement
 d. in passive euthanasia, someone commits an action that directly leads to another individual'sdeath
 e. none of these

Question 6

The main difference between assisted suicide and active euthanasia is
 
  a. active euthanasia is more accepted by society as a whole
  b. in active euthanasia, a second person actually performs an action that results in the firstperson's death
 c. oral drugs are used in assisted suicide, while IV (intravenous) drugs are used in activeeuthanasia
 d. active euthanasia results in painful deaths; assisted suicide deaths are always painless
  e. only physicians may participate in active euthanasia