HU245: Unit 4 Quiz
01. Direct action to terminate a patient’s life requested by the patient is
called
Allowing someone to die
Mercy death
Mercy killing
Suicide
02. Technology has created problems with the medical definition of death.
This is known as
Brain death
Persistent vegetative state
Irreversible coma
Coma
03. Most arguments for allowing someone to die are based on the principle of
Justice
Goodness
Individual freedom
Life
04. Which US state was the first to have a law allowing assisted suicide?
California
Michigan
Florida
Oregon
05. One of the strongest arguments against mercy death is _________.
Abuse
God’s will
Selfishness
Economics
06. The approach to dying that emphasizes comfort and care is known as
Mercy death
Mercy killing
The Kevorkian approach
Hospice
07. Euthanasia comes from the Greek and means “a bad death.”
True
False
08. There is no law prohibiting euthanasia in the US.
True
False
09. Health care professionals sometimes receive requests from patients for
assisted suicide.
True
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01. Direct action to terminate a patient’s life requested by the patient is
called
Allowing someone to die
Mercy death
Mercy killing
Suicide
02. Technology has created problems with the medical definition of death.
This is known as
Brain death
Persistent vegetative state
Irreversible coma
Coma
03. Most arguments for allowing someone to die are based on the principle of
Justice
Goodness
Individual freedom
Life
04. Which US state was the first to have a law allowing assisted suicide?
California
Michigan
Florida
Oregon
05. One of the strongest arguments against mercy death is _________.
Abuse
God’s will
Selfishness
Economics
06. The approach to dying that emphasizes comfort and care is known as
Mercy death
Mercy killing
The Kevorkian approach
Hospice
07. Euthanasia comes from the Greek and means “a bad death.”
True
False
08. There is no law prohibiting euthanasia in the US.
True
False
09. Health care professionals sometimes receive requests from patients for
assisted suicide.
True
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