According to Wolf, Which of the Following Would Be Considered

question 220

Multiple Choice

According to Wolf, which of the following would be considered a legitimate case of physician-assisted suicide?

• A) Administering a lethal injection to a comatose patient who has previously expressed a preference for it.
• B) The removal of a nutrition tube from a consenting patient who is unable to feed him or herself.
• C) A patient's voluntarily taking a lethal dose of prescribed medicine in accordance with a doctor's instructions.
• D) Administrating a lethal injection to a conscious patient who consents to its administration.

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