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mp14 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

According to the text, which of the following is one of the arguments against physician-assisted suicide?

a. Legalizing assisted suicide would increase a person's trust in and reliance on someone who is given the rightto withhold care or accelerate death.
b. Legalizing assisted suicide would use up precious financial resources that could be left to one's heirs.
c. Legalizing assisted suicide would be brought on by suggestive counseling.
d. Legalizing assisted suicide might put pressure on the elderly to end their lives rather than be a burden to their families.

Question 2

The Oregon Death with Dignity Act

a. was overturned by the US Supreme Court in 1997.
b. was defeated by Oregon voters when placed on the ballot in 1997.
c. requires the patient to be 18 years or older and a resident of Oregon. d. leaves the decision up to the physician.