Types of Euthanasia | Legality | History | Miscellaneous |
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What is Active
A person directly and deliberately causes the patients death.
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What is The Netherlands
Which country was the first to legalize any form of euthanasia?
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What is New Mexico
In what state did a judge recently rule physician-assisted suicide legal?
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What is the Doctrine of Double Effect
What doctrine is this an example of? I am justified in killing someone in self defense since my primary aim is to protect my life, while the foreseen side effect is the death of the attacker.
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What is Passive
Death brought about by omission.
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What is Canada
Which of these countries legalized euthanasia? Canada vs. Mexico
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What is 1997
When did the US Supreme Court rule there is no Right To Die?
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What is Active or Indirect euthanasia
Name one of the two types of euthanasia that the Doctrine of Double Effect applies to.
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What is Assisted
Usually refers to cases where the person who is going to die needs help to kill themselves and asks for it. (Help may be in the form of aquiring drugs)
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What is four. Oregon, Washington, Vermont, and Montana
How many states in the U.S. have legalized physician-assisted suicide?
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What is 1938
What year was the national Society for the Legalization for Euthanasia founded?
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What is Voluntary
Do Not Recussitate and Living Wills are examples of which type of Euthanasia?
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What is Involuntary
When a person is unable to make a meaningful choice between living and dying, and an appropriate person makes the decision on their behalf.
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What is Oregon (1994)
Which state was the first to legalize physician-assisted suicide?
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What is 1972
In what year did the US Senate hold the first hearings on Euthanasia
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What is Involuntary
What type of Euthanasia was involved in the case of Terry Schiavo?
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What is Indirect
Treating pain in a person with accelerated death as a side affect of treatment.
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What is: two oral testimonies and one written, six or less months until expected death, minimum age of 18
What is one of the requirements of physician-assisted suicide via court ruling?
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What is the Nazis
Whose use of Involuntary Euthanasia changed public perception of euthanasia in the US in the 1940s?
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What is Jack Kevorkian
Who is known as "Doctor Death"
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