Exam 8: Medically Assisted Death

What would be the consequence in health care if there is a right to die? That health care providers

Which of the following measures is commonly considered to directly induce death?

Which of the following best characterizes the legal status of physician-assisted death in the Netherlands? The Netherlands allows regulated

An argument for the moral permissibility of physician-assisted dying appeals to the fact that suicide tourism is unsafe. This argument implicitly rests on the health care providers' duties of

On the topic of physician-assisted dying, the Appeal to Trust contends that

That legalization of physician-assisted dying could undermine society's responsibility to protect the vulnerable is

On the topic of physician-assisted dying, the Slippery-Slope Argument contends that legalizing assisted death is likely to result in what type of abuses?

Which of the following best defines the category of passive voluntary euthanasia?

Which of the following is a medical intervention often considered to hasten, without causing, death?

Physician-assisted suicide is illegal in most common law jurisdictions. Those who want to change that might bring certain main considerations to lawmakers' attention. In your view, what should these be?

A patient's unmitigated suffering or loss of bodily autonomy is invoked as a reason for the moral permissibility of physician-assisted death by

Dr. Kevorkian helped patients die by practicing

Explain the difference between voluntary, nonvoluntary, and involuntary euthanasia, and provide one reason for the passive-versus-active euthanasia distinction and one against it.

Discuss whether compassion argues for or against the moral permissibility of physician-assisted death. What about trust?

Some think that voluntary active euthanasia is morally equivalent to physician-assisted suicide. Find a reason for and one against this view and discuss which, if either, has more weight.

On the topic of physician-assisted dying, the tendency in the US has been toward legalizing

If the Appeal to Mercy is sound, it follows that voluntary active euthanasia is morally

Provide a slippery-slope argument against the legal permissibility of assisted death. Does your argument commit you to its moral impermissibility?

Given the view prevalent in US courts, active voluntary euthanasia amounts to