HU 245 Unit Four Quiz

Unit Four HU245 Quiz

 
  1 / 1 point

Direct action to terminate a patient’s life requested by the patient is called by the author _______________.

Question options:

  allowing someone to die
  mercy death
  mercy killing
  suicide
Question 2   1 / 1 point

Technology has created problems with the medical definition of death. This is known as __________.

Question options:

  brain death
  persistent vegetative state
  irreversible coma
  coma
Question 3   1 / 1 point

Most arguments for allowing someone to die are based on the principle of _________.

Question options:

  justice
  goodness
  individual freedom
  life
  1 / 1 point

Which US state was the first to have a law allowing “assisted suicide”?

Question options:

  California
  Michigan
  Florida
  Oregon
Question 5   1 / 1 point

One of the strongest arguments against mercy death is _________.

Question options:

  abuse
  God’s will
  Selfishness
  economics
Question 6   1 / 1 point

The approach to dying that emphasizes “comfort and care” is known as __________.

Question options:

  mercy death
  mercy killing
  the “Kevorkian” approach
  hospice
Question 7   1 / 1 point

Euthanasia comes from the Greek and means “a bad death.”

Question options:

  True
  False
Question 8   1 / 1 point

There is no law prohibiting euthanasia in the US.

Question options:

  True
  False
Question 9   1 / 1 point

Health care professionals sometimes receive requests from patients for assisted suicide.

Question options:

  True
  False
Question 10   1 / 1 point

Hospice care is available only to those with “advanced directives”.

Question options:

  True
  False

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