Deck 8: Biomedical Issues and Euthanasia

Question 1

All people why are committed to a "sanctity of life" perspective agree that "ordinary" life support (such as forced feeding of food and water) should never be withdrawn from dying patients.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Situation ethics suggests that it is ethical to treat humans in different ways.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

There is a company in the United States that currently sends letters to people who have declared bankruptcy and offers them $45,000, plus expenses, to donate a kidney.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The right of patients to refuse or discontinue treatment is now an acknowledged aspect of American Medicine.True

Question 5

Bioethicists have a medical and legal authority to implement medical decision made by hospital review boards.

Question 6

People favoring a "sanctity of life" philosophy, would oppose active euthanasia.True

Question 7

Extraordinary and ordinary treatment for dying patients are highly relativistic concepts.

Question 8

People favoring the "quality of life" position base their perspective upon modern medicine's successes, not failures.

Question 9

The Japanese head the list of developed countries of the world in performing heart transplants.

Question 10

Presently, the number one reason for non-donation of an organ is denial of consent by the donor's family.

Question 11

According to the "sanctity of life" philosophy, those favoring a "quality of life" philosophy, tend to have a built in bias against the disabled and mentally impaired.True

Question 12

Passive euthanasia may hasten the death of a dying patient.

Question 13

According to DeVries and Subedi, bioethicists represent the patient, protecting her or his autonomy against the power of medicine.False

Question 14

The "quality of life" perspective would contend that all "natural" life has intrinsic meaning and should be appreciated as a divine gift.

Question 15

Presently 75 percent of women choosing abortion agree to donate fetal tissues which are later exchanged for "site fee" rent for laboratory space where technicians perform their dissections.

Question 16

The United States' euthanasia society supports the right of any individual to take his or her own life through suicide regardless of motivation.

Question 17

The "Living Will" is an instrument which reflects an active euthanasia perspective.False

Question 18

In the United States "mercy killing" is considered murder.

Question 19

Xenotransplantation refers to the use of animal organs for transplantation puroposes.

Question 20

The Department of Transportation has traditionally used human cadavers to measure the effectiveness of various crash protective devices in automobile collisions.

Question 21

Euthanasia is defined as:

A)good death
B)mercy killing
C)natural death without medical technologies which extend life and prolong death
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 22

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

A)in the United States "mercy killing" is considered murder
B)all forms of active euthanasia are illegal in the United States
C)the Hemlock society supports the right of any individual to take his or her own life through suicide regardless of motivation
D)it is a felony in most U.S.states to assist another to commit suicide
E)none of the above

Question 23

The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act to help answer questions concerning transplantations has been adopted by ____ states.

A)15
B)32
C)50
D)48
E)no state has yet adopted the act

Question 24

The right of self-deliverance for terminally ill patients would be supported by:

A)people who adopt a "quality of life" philosophy
B)people who adopt a "sanctity of life" philosophy
C)people who favor passive euthanasia
D)people who favor active euthanasia
E)a and d

Question 25

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A)In the United States, 50 percent of the medical expenditures that an individual will incur during his or her lifetime will be for medical services delivered in the final 6 months of life.
B)U.S.public policy relative to health care is based upon utilitarianism.
C)Passive euthanasia will not effect the timing of death for the dying patient.
D)In the United States passive euthanasia is considered murder.
E)All forms of passive euthanasia are illegal in the United States.

Question 26

Physician assisted suicide is legal in the United States only in Oregon.

Question 27

An act of suicide committed by a clinically depressed patient would be supported by:

A)people who adopt a "quality of life" philosophy
B)people who adopt a "sanctity of life" philosophy
C)people who favor passive euthanasia
D)people who favor active euthanasia
E)none of the above

Question 28

Suicide and self-deliverance are considered to be the same by the United States' euthanasia society.

Question 29

The "Living Will" would be supported by:

A)people who adopt a "quality of life" philosophy
B)people who adopt a "sanctity of life" philosophy
C)people who favor passive euthanasia
D)all of the above
E)only b and c

Question 30

Medically assisted suicide would be supported by:

A)people who adopt a "quality of life" philosophy
B)people who adopt a "sanctity of life" philosophy
C)people who favor passive euthanasia
D)people who favor active euthanasia
E)a and d

Question 31

It is a felony in most U.S.states to assist another to commit suicide.True

Question 32

Active voluntary euthanasia includes:

A)PAS
B)MRI
C)AVE
D)CPR
E)a and c of the above

Question 33

Active voluntary euthanasia is legal in the Neteherlands, Belgium, France, and Hungary.
Multiple-Choice Questions

Question 34

The United States' euthanasia society supports the right of active, rational, and voluntary euthanasia for all terminal patients.

Question 35

Withholding "extraordinary" life support would be supported by:

A)people who adopt a "quality of life" philosophy
B)people who adopt a "sanctity of life" philosophy
C)people who favor passive euthanasia
D)all of the above
E)only b and c

Question 36

A document that states one does not want medical intervention to be kept alive if the quality of life is not good or hope for recovery is dismal is called a _________.

A)holographic will
B)legal will
C)living will
D)deadly will
E)none of the above

Question 37

Which of the following statements is FALSE concerning the "sanctity of life" perspective on euthanasia?

A)it would oppose active euthanasia
B)it would have a built in bias against the disabled and mentally impaired
C)it would reject suicide and self-deliverance
D)it would contend that all "natural" life has intrinsic meaning and should be appreciated as a divine gift
E)it would support the Hippocratic tradition in medicine

Question 38

The United States' euthanasia society is called:

A)USES
B)EXIT
C)The Hemlock Society
D)The American Voluntary Euthanasia Society
E)none of the above

Question 39

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A)passive euthanasia may hasten the death of a dying patient.
B)in the United States "mercy killing" is considered murder.
C)all forms of active euthanasia are illegal in the United States.
D)suicide and self-deliverance are considered to be the same by most state laws in the United States.
E)all of the above

Question 40

Which of the following statements is true?

A)the Hemlock Society considers suicide and self-deliverance to be the same
B)the Hemlock Society supports the right of active, rational, and voluntary euthanasia for all terminal patients
C)the Hemlock Society supports the right of any individual to take his or her own life through suicide regardless of motivation
D)the former name of the Hemlock Society was the British Voluntary Euthanasia Society
E)none of the above

Question 41

Active voluntary euthanasia is legal in:

A)United States
B)United Kingdom
C)Netherlands
D)Belgium
E)c and d of the above