If a Person Leaves a Living Will That Directs a Physician

question 51

Multiple Choice

If a person leaves a living will that directs a physician or hospital not to provide life-sustaining, heroic measures to prolong his or her life, he is requesting

• A) passive euthanasia.
• B) active euthanasia.
• C) physician or hospital malpractice.
• D) physician-assisted suicide.

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