Giving a Dying, Suffering Patient Extremely High Doses of Analgesics

question 31

Multiple Choice

Giving a dying, suffering patient extremely high doses of analgesics to the point of unconsciousness and accelerated death is known as

• A) the doctrine of double effect.
• B) active euthanasia.
• C) passive euthanasia.
• D) terminal sedation.

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