Author Question: The Terry Schiavo case highlighted the issue(s) of a. the importance of making one's end-of-life ... (Read 28 times)

LaDunn · **on:** Aug 23, 2018

The Terry Schiavo case highlighted the issue(s) of

a. the importance of making one's end-of-life issues known to others in writing.
b. the difficulty in determining whether one is in a persistent vegetative state.
c. the high cost of long-term care.
d. all of the above.

Question 2

In the case of Nancy Cruzan (1990), the United States Supreme Court ruled that in terms of forced feeding

a. individual desires must be expressed through a health care power of attorney or a living will.
b. third parties (such as parents or partners) can decide to have nourishment stopped.
c. whether or not to continue force feeding is up to one's physician.
d. force feeding is illegal under any circumstances.