Exam 18: Aided Death: Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, and Aid in Dying

Mrs. Chan 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 termed a case of:

If a dying person's intentions regarding his or her own death remain unknown and then someone else takes action to end the person's life in order to end the person's suffering, and the person dies, this is an example of:

In assisted suicide, .

The Oregon "Death with Dignity Act" stipulates that:

Extraordinary means of treatment .

In cases of assisted suicide, .

If one holds that life is the most important value to be upheld in any situation, one would:

Which of the following is correct?

Of the five religious perspectives on the morality of euthanasia presented in this chapter, .

One difference between assisted suicide and active euthanasia is .

"Terri's Law" as passed by the Florida legislature .

In March of 1999, Dr. Jack Kevorkian .

Autonomy arguments favoring assisted suicide and euthanasia are said by some to be problematic because:

A moral argument maintaining that it is better not to initiate euthanasia practices since it will likely be too difficult to stop once one has begun to act in these ways is:

Ordinary means of treatment .

Pope John Paul II is reported to have stated in March of 2004 that the administration of water and food, even when provided by artificial means, .

Arguments based on quality of life that favor assisted suicide and euthanasia maintain that .

In cases of euthanasia, _.

Advocates of aided death argue that it is .

People favoring euthanasia practices in the Netherlands maintain that these practices .