When a Physician Administers Medication to Relieve Severe Pain in a Terminally

question 88

Multiple Choice

When a physician administers medication to relieve severe pain in a terminally ill patient, and the medication also hastens the patient's death, the situation is called

• A) physician-assisted suicide.
• B) active euthanasia.
• C) passive euthanasia.
• D) double effect.

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