Chapter 10 Self Quiz

Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide
. Performing an action that directly causes someone to die-what most people think of as "mercy killing"-is called

. Passive euthanasia (both voluntary and nonvoluntary) is

. The definition of death that has become the standard in legal and medical matters is called

. The strongest argument offered to support active voluntary euthanasia is derived from

. Those who oppose euthanasia often draw a sharp distinction between

. The American Medical Association has denounced physician-assisted suicide as unethical and inconsistent with physicians' duty to promote healing and preserve life.

. Some argue against active voluntary euthanasia by advancing a distinction between intending someone's death and not intending but foreseeing it.

. In a recent survey, a large majority of adults say that doctors should be allowed by law to end a patient's life by some painless means if the patient's disease cannot be cured and if the patient and his or her family request it.

. Ethicists agree that no one ever has a duty to die.

. Most ethicists agree that the horrific suffering of dying patients can always be relieved without resort to lethal means.

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