If a Terminally Ill Patient Requests a Dose of Morphine

question 180

Multiple Choice

If a terminally ill patient requests a dose of morphine sufficient to end his or her life, is given the medication, and then received no help with the IV in the last moments of life, this would be considered:

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

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