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KWilfred

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on: Jun 19, 2018
Passive euthanasia can be classified as which of the following?
 
  a) a passive act of not taking steps to prolong life
  b) a deliberate act via a definite action that results in killing someone (including oneself)
  c) injecting a patient with a lethal overdose of narcotics to end his/her suffering
  d) all of these choices

Question 2

Active euthanasia can be classified as which of the following?
 
  a) a passive act of not taking steps to prolong life
  b) withdrawing the feeding tube of a person in a persistent vegetative state
  c) a deliberate act via a definite action that results in killing someone (including oneself)
  d) all of these choices


Tonyam972

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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a) a passive act of not taking steps to prolong life

Answer to Question 2

c) a deliberate act via a definite action that results in killing someone (including oneself)


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