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Melani1276

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In which U.S. state can a terminally ill person with less than 6 months to live request a prescription from a physician for a lethal dose of medication?
 
  a. Texas
  b. Oregon
  c. California
  d. New York

Question 2

The term physician-assisted suicide refers to
 
  a. when a physician arranges for the patient to administer a lethal dose of medication. b. when a physician removes a patient's feeding tube.
  c. a legal means of ending a terminally ill person's life in New Jersey.
  d. passive euthanasia.



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

a



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