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cabate

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Which of the following statements is true?
 
  a. In the United States, 50 percent of the medical expenditures that an individual will incur during his or her lifetime will be for medical services delivered in the final six months of life.
  b. U.S. public policy relative to health care is based on utilitarianism.
  c. Passive euthanasia will not affect the timing of death for the dying patient.
  d. In the United States passive euthanasia is considered murder.
  e. All forms of passive euthanasia are illegal in the United States.

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true?
 
  a. Passive euthanasia may hasten the death of a dying patient.
  b. In the United States mercy killing is considered murder.
  c. All forms of active euthanasia are illegal in the United States.
  d. Suicide and self-deliverance are considered to be the same under most state laws.
  e. All of the above.



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Answer to Question 1

a.

Answer to Question 2

e.



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