Increases in Life Expectancy Have Changed Views of Suicide to Include

question 24

Multiple Choice

Increases in life expectancy have changed views of suicide to include the view that

• A) mature adults have a right to self-determination.
• B) besides no longer being a crime, there is also no longer a social stigma against it.
• C) religious beliefs no longer define suicide as sinful.
• D) persons who choose to take their lives are always mentally ill.

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