Chapter 3: End-of-Life Dilemmas
| 1: Describe why there is such a struggle when addressing end-of-life issues. |
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| 2: Describe the difference between active and passive euthanasia. |
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| 3: Describe the difference between voluntary and involuntary euthanasia. |
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| 4: What are the differences between allowing a patient to die and physician-assisted suicide? |
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| 5: Examine this statement: “The inherent risk is that society’s faith in doctors as healers would become subverted if doctors participate in physician-assisted suicide.” |
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| 6: Constitutionally, what gives patients the right to self-determination? |
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| 7: Describe Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act. |
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| 8: What was the purpose of the Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990? |
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| 9: What are advance directives? |
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| 10: Describe how a living will differs from a durable power of attorney for health care. |
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