Question 1

Which of the following is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  voluntary euthanasia is the same as assisted suicide 
B)  nonvoluntary euthanasia occurs when the wishes of the person whose death is considered are unknown 
C)  in active euthanasia, the person who dies must ask that his or her life be terminated 
D)  voluntary euthanasia is defined in terms of the means used to bring about the death 
E)  homicide is an example of voluntary euthanasia 
A)  voluntary euthanasia is the same as assisted suicide 
B)  nonvoluntary euthanasia occurs when the wishes of the person whose death is considered are unknown 
C)  in active euthanasia, the person who dies must ask that his or her life be terminated 
D)  voluntary euthanasia is defined in terms of the means used to bring about the death 
E)  homicide is an example of voluntary euthanasia B

Question 2

People favoring euthanasia practices in the Netherlands maintain that these practices

Accepted Answer

A)  apply almost exclusively to terminally ill persons 
B)  account for only a small fraction of deaths in the country 
C)  is performed in less than one-third of the instances in which it is requested 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these 
A)  apply almost exclusively to terminally ill persons 
B)  account for only a small fraction of deaths in the country 
C)  is performed in less than one-third of the instances in which it is requested 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these D

Question 3

In cases of assisted suicide

Accepted Answer

A)  one person uses assistance provided by someone else to bring about his or her own death 
B)  the person who provides assistance acts intentionally with full awareness of how that assistance is to be used to bring about death 
C)  one person acts intentionally to obtain assistance from a second individual that is intended to end the first person's own life 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these 
A)  one person uses assistance provided by someone else to bring about his or her own death 
B)  the person who provides assistance acts intentionally with full awareness of how that assistance is to be used to bring about death 
C)  one person acts intentionally to obtain assistance from a second individual that is intended to end the first person's own life 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these D

Question 4

When a physician intentionally provides a dying individual with information and means to end his or her life, and the individual then actually uses that information and means to end his or
Her life, the situation is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  active euthanasia 
B)  passive euthanasia 
C)  voluntary euthanasia 
D)  physician assisted suicide 
E)  homicide 
A)  active euthanasia 
B)  passive euthanasia 
C)  voluntary euthanasia 
D)  physician assisted suicide 
E)  homicide

Question 5

Ordinary means of treatment

Accepted Answer

A)  are usually more expensive than extraordinary means 
B)  often have unreliable outcomes 
C)  usually cause great hardship for the family 
D)  are usually effective in dealing with symptoms or a disease 
E)  involve experimental drugs 
A)  are usually more expensive than extraordinary means 
B)  often have unreliable outcomes 
C)  usually cause great hardship for the family 
D)  are usually effective in dealing with symptoms or a disease 
E)  involve experimental drugs

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A)  be arguing for euthanasia on the basis of quality of life 
B)  be denying that a person has the right to refuse treatment necessary to preserve life 
C)  be holding that voluntary euthanasia is acceptable morally 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these 
A)  be arguing for euthanasia on the basis of quality of life 
B)  be denying that a person has the right to refuse treatment necessary to preserve life 
C)  be holding that voluntary euthanasia is acceptable morally 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these

Question 7

Karen Ann Quinlan, Nancy Cruzan, and Terri Schiavo

Accepted Answer

A)  had all completed written, advance directives stating their desires for health care 
B)  were each 26 years of age or younger when they slipped into a comatose state 
C)  each became comatose as a result of an automobile accident 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these 
A)  had all completed written, advance directives stating their desires for health care 
B)  were each 26 years of age or younger when they slipped into a comatose state 
C)  each became comatose as a result of an automobile accident 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these

Question 8

In cases of assisted suicide

Accepted Answer

A)  a physician helps end a human life 
B)  an individual ends his or her own life 
C)  care providers cause death by foregoing treatment 
D)  one individual acts directly to bring about the death of another person 
E)  death is brought about by a lethal injection 
A)  a physician helps end a human life 
B)  an individual ends his or her own life 
C)  care providers cause death by foregoing treatment 
D)  one individual acts directly to bring about the death of another person 
E)  death is brought about by a lethal injection

Question 9

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:

Accepted Answer

A)  poor medical care 
B)  malpractice 
C)  an expected outcome 
D)  active euthanasia 
E)  passive euthanasia 
A)  poor medical care 
B)  malpractice 
C)  an expected outcome 
D)  active euthanasia 
E)  passive euthanasia

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A)  life as such is good 
B)  life is the preeminent value 
C)  only a certain form of life is good 
D)  care providers are always required to try to preserve life 
E)  none of these 
A)  life as such is good 
B)  life is the preeminent value 
C)  only a certain form of life is good 
D)  care providers are always required to try to preserve life 
E)  none of these

Question 11

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,

Accepted Answer

A)  is a medical act 
B)  is recognized as an extraordinary means of preserving life in all circumstances 
C)  always represents a natural means of preserving life 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these 
A)  is a medical act 
B)  is recognized as an extraordinary means of preserving life in all circumstances 
C)  always represents a natural means of preserving life 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these

Question 12

The main difference between assisted suicide and active euthanasia is

Accepted Answer

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 first person's death 
C)  oral drugs are used in assisted suicide, while IV (intravenous) drugs are used in active euthanasia 
D)  active euthanasia results in painful deaths; assisted suicide deaths are always painless 
E)  only physicians may participate in active euthanasia 
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 first person's death 
C)  oral drugs are used in assisted suicide, while IV (intravenous) drugs are used in active euthanasia 
D)  active euthanasia results in painful deaths; assisted suicide deaths are always painless 
E)  only physicians may participate in active euthanasia

Question 13

Evelyn is 60 years old, has a diagnosis of liver cancer, and a prognosis of 2-3 weeks to live. Her physician tells her to put her affairs in order. Evelyn does not wait for death; she shoots
Herself with her husband's gun. Evelyn has

Accepted Answer

A)  committed suicide 
B)  engaged in active euthanasia 
C)  engaged in passive euthanasia 
D)  engaged in nonvoluntary euthanasia 
E)  demonstrated her insanity 
A)  committed suicide 
B)  engaged in active euthanasia 
C)  engaged in passive euthanasia 
D)  engaged in nonvoluntary euthanasia 
E)  demonstrated her insanity

Question 14

Moral dilemmas about ending a life in our society most often

Accepted Answer

A)  relate to active euthanasia 
B)  arise from advances in technology and treatment 
C)  have to do with passive euthanasia 
D)  are fully resolvable by good hospice care 
E)  are confined to issues of assisted suicide 
A)  relate to active euthanasia 
B)  arise from advances in technology and treatment 
C)  have to do with passive euthanasia 
D)  are fully resolvable by good hospice care 
E)  are confined to issues of assisted suicide

Question 15

Some people argue against the morality of active euthanasia, but in favor of passive euthanasia, on the ground that

Accepted Answer

A)  In active euthanasia a person causes death; in passive euthanasia disease causes death 
B)  the agent or cause of death in active euthanasia is a disease process, but in passive euthanasia the cause is a person 
C)  the person ends his or her own life in active euthanasia 
D)  the person ends his or her own life in passive euthanasia 
E)  none of these 
A)  In active euthanasia a person causes death; in passive euthanasia disease causes death 
B)  the agent or cause of death in active euthanasia is a disease process, but in passive euthanasia the cause is a person 
C)  the person ends his or her own life in active euthanasia 
D)  the person ends his or her own life in passive euthanasia 
E)  none of these

Question 16

In March of 1999, Dr. Jack Kevorkian

Accepted Answer

A)  caused the death of Thomas Youk 
B)  was found not guilty of assisted suicide 
C)  was charged with first-degree murder 
D)  was involved in the death of Janet Adkins 
E)  was convicted of second-degree murder 
A)  caused the death of Thomas Youk 
B)  was found not guilty of assisted suicide 
C)  was charged with first-degree murder 
D)  was involved in the death of Janet Adkins 
E)  was convicted of second-degree murder

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A)  active euthanasia 
B)  passive euthanasia 
C)  involuntary euthanasia 
D)  nonvoluntary euthanasia 
E)  assisted suicide 
A)  active euthanasia 
B)  passive euthanasia 
C)  involuntary euthanasia 
D)  nonvoluntary euthanasia 
E)  assisted suicide

Question 18

Dr. Jack Kevorkian was convicted of second-degree murder for

Accepted Answer

A)  being involved in providing instructions through which individuals could bring about their own deaths 
B)  providing individuals with a "suicide machine" through which they could control the administration of a series of eventually lethal drugs 
C)  being directly involved in an act of euthanasia 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these 
A)  being involved in providing instructions through which individuals could bring about their own deaths 
B)  providing individuals with a "suicide machine" through which they could control the administration of a series of eventually lethal drugs 
C)  being directly involved in an act of euthanasia 
D)  all of these 
E)  none of these

Question 19

The Oregon "Death with Dignity Act"

Accepted Answer

A)  authorizes physicians directly to administer a lethal dose of drugs to dying persons 
B)  has led some to question whether legalizing physician assisted suicide violates federal drug laws 
C)  legitimizes euthanasia 
D)  requires that the person who ends her or his own life be within at least two years of death 
E)  none of these 
A)  authorizes physicians directly to administer a lethal dose of drugs to dying persons 
B)  has led some to question whether legalizing physician assisted suicide violates federal drug laws 
C)  legitimizes euthanasia 
D)  requires that the person who ends her or his own life be within at least two years of death 
E)  none of these

Question 20

Which of the following is most likely to be correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  according to some Jewish beliefs, life is of infinite value; this precludes participation in assisted suicide or euthanasia 
B)  some Hindus believe that the law of karma requires that one's life-threatening illness must be suffered through to pay one's karmic debt, and thus euthanasia is prohibited 
C)  in Buddhist thought, personal autonomy cannot be used to override the basic goodness of life, so that preferring death to life is never morally acceptable 
D)  according to some Christian beliefs, suffering may be redemptive, but that does not preclude doing what is needed to relieve that suffering 
E)  all of these 
A)  according to some Jewish beliefs, life is of infinite value; this precludes participation in assisted suicide or euthanasia 
B)  some Hindus believe that the law of karma requires that one's life-threatening illness must be suffered through to pay one's karmic debt, and thus euthanasia is prohibited 
C)  in Buddhist thought, personal autonomy cannot be used to override the basic goodness of life, so that preferring death to life is never morally acceptable 
D)  according to some Christian beliefs, suffering may be redemptive, but that does not preclude doing what is needed to relieve that suffering 
E)  all of these

Which of the following is correct?

People favoring euthanasia practices in the Netherlands maintain that these practices

In cases of assisted suicide

When a physician intentionally provides a dying individual with information and means to end his or her life, and the individual then actually uses that information and means to end his or Her life, the situation is an example of

Ordinary means of treatment

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

Karen Ann Quinlan, Nancy Cruzan, and Terri Schiavo

In cases of assisted suicide

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:

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

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,

The main difference between assisted suicide and active euthanasia is

Evelyn is 60 years old, has a diagnosis of liver cancer, and a prognosis of 2-3 weeks to live. Her physician tells her to put her affairs in order. Evelyn does not wait for death; she shoots Herself with her husband's gun. Evelyn has

Moral dilemmas about ending a life in our society most often

Some people argue against the morality of active euthanasia, but in favor of passive euthanasia, on the ground that

In March of 1999, Dr. Jack Kevorkian

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

Dr. Jack Kevorkian was convicted of second-degree murder for

The Oregon "Death with Dignity Act"

Which of the following is most likely to be correct?

Learning About Death, Dying, and Bereavement

Changing Encounters With Death

Changing Attitudes Toward Death

Death-Related Practices and the American Death System

Cultural Patterns and Death

Coping With Dying

Coping With Dying: How Individuals Can Help

Coping With Dying: How Communities Can Help

Coping With Loss and Grief

Coping With Loss and Grief: How Individuals Can Help

Coping With Loss and Grief: Funeral Practices and Other Ways Communities Can Help

Children

Adolescents

Young and Middle-Aged Adults

Older Adults

Legal Issues

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

The Meaning and Place of Death in Life

Illustrating the Themes of This Book: Alzheimers Disease

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Exam 18: Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Intentionally Ending a Human Life

Which of the following is correct?

People favoring euthanasia practices in the Netherlands maintain that these practices

In cases of assisted suicide

When a physician intentionally provides a dying individual with information and means to end his or her life, and the individual then actually uses that information and means to end his or Her life, the situation is an example of

Ordinary means of treatment

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

Karen Ann Quinlan, Nancy Cruzan, and Terri Schiavo

In cases of assisted suicide

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:

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

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,

The main difference between assisted suicide and active euthanasia is

Evelyn is 60 years old, has a diagnosis of liver cancer, and a prognosis of 2-3 weeks to live. Her physician tells her to put her affairs in order. Evelyn does not wait for death; she shoots Herself with her husband's gun. Evelyn has

Moral dilemmas about ending a life in our society most often

Some people argue against the morality of active euthanasia, but in favor of passive euthanasia, on the ground that

In March of 1999, Dr. Jack Kevorkian

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

Dr. Jack Kevorkian was convicted of second-degree murder for

The Oregon "Death with Dignity Act"

Which of the following is most likely to be correct?

Learning About Death, Dying, and Bereavement

Changing Encounters With Death

Changing Attitudes Toward Death

Death-Related Practices and the American Death System

Cultural Patterns and Death

Coping With Dying

Coping With Dying: How Individuals Can Help

Coping With Dying: How Communities Can Help

Coping With Loss and Grief

Coping With Loss and Grief: How Individuals Can Help

Coping With Loss and Grief: Funeral Practices and Other Ways Communities Can Help

Children

Adolescents

Young and Middle-Aged Adults

Older Adults

Legal Issues

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

The Meaning and Place of Death in Life

Illustrating the Themes of This Book: Alzheimers Disease

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