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71. __________ is the practice of ending the life of people with incurable illnesses or terminal diseases. a. Euthanasia b. Palliative care c. Advanced medical directive d. Somatic death 72. Active, passive, and physician-assisted are three types of a. euthanasia. b. palliative care. c. advanced medical directives. d. hospice care. 73. The practice of withholding life-sustaining treatment so that patients with incurable illness or terminal disease will die is known as a. active euthanasia. b. passive euthanasia. c. physician-assisted suicide. d. palliative care. 74. John and Karen’s five-year-old child had suffered severe brain damage in a car accident and was being kept alive on a respirator and a feeding tube. The parents asked the doctor to take the child off the respirator and let him die naturally. John and Karen’s actions illustrate a. active euthanasia. b. passive euthanasia. c. physician-assisted suicide. d. palliative care. 75. The practice of triggering death in an individual with an incurable illness or terminal disease by lethal drugs, carbon monoxide inhalation, or other means is known as a. active euthanasia. b. passive euthanasia. c. physician-assisted suicide. d. palliative care. 76. Dr. Clarkson injected his terminally ill patients with an overdose of a drug that would cause their heart rate to become erratic and then fail. Dr. Clarkson is practicing a. active euthanasia. b. passive euthanasia. c. physician-assisted suicide. d. palliative care. 77. ____________ involves a doctor arranging the means for someone to commit suicide, which the person who desires death then initiates him or herself. a. Active euthanasia b. Passive euthanasia c. Physician-assisted suicide d. Palliative care 78. In the U.S. only the state of ____________ allows doctors to prescribe a lethal drug dose when terminally ill patients wish to end their lives. a. Massachusetts b. Illinois c. Oregon d. California 79. In the Netherlands, euthanasia is not punishable if certain conditions exist. Which of the following is NOT one of these conditions? a. the patient is suffering with no hope of improvement b. the family of the patient consistently makes a voluntary, informed request for the patient to die c. two physicians must agree that it is justified to help the patient die d. there is a careful medical assessment of the patient 80. In the Netherlands, euthanasia is not punishable if certain conditions exist. Which of the following is NOT one of these conditions? a. the patient is suffering with no hope of improvement b. the patient consistently makes a voluntary, informed request to die c. the primary physician of the patient must be the one doctor that agrees that it is justified to help the patient die d. there is a careful medical assessment of the patient