Allowing a Terminally Ill Patient to Die, Even When the Technology

question 226

Multiple Choice

Allowing a terminally ill patient to die, even when the technology is present to prolong, but not save, the dying person's life, is called ______.

• A) positive euthanasia
• B) primary euthanasia
• C) negative euthanasia
• D) secondary euthanasia

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