Which of the Following Is an Example of Passive Euthanasia

question 117

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of passive euthanasia?

• A) A doctor gives a patient a prescription for a lethal medication.
• B) A husband injects his wife with an overdose of her medication, without her requesting this of him.
• C) A patient asks his adult child to give him a lethal injection.
• D) A doctor does not resuscitate a man who stops breathing after seeing that he had a DNR order.

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Definitions:

Heart Failure

A chronic condition where the heart is unable to pump blood effectively, leading to accumulated fluids and shortness of breath.

Pulmonary Congestion

Accumulation of fluid in the lungs, often leading to difficulty breathing and other respiratory symptoms.

Tetralogy of Fallot

A congenital heart defect that involves four anatomical abnormalities of the heart.

Ventricular Septal Defect

A congenital heart defect characterized by an opening in the septum separating the heart's two lower chambers, allowing blood to pass from the left to the right ventricle.