Purdue HU245 2020 September Unit 4 Quiz Latest

HU245 Ethics

Unit 4 Quiz   

Question 1Direct action to terminate a patient’s life requested by the patient is called by the author _______________.

allowing someone to die

mercy death

mercy killing

suicide

Question 2          Technology has created problems with the medical definition of death. This is known as __________.

brain death

persistent vegetative state

irreversible coma

coma

Question 3          Most arguments for allowing someone to die are based on the principle of _________.

justice

goodness

individual freedom

life

Question 4          Which US state was the first to have a law allowing "assisted suicide"?

California

Michigan

Florida

Oregon

Question 5          One of the strongest arguments against mercy death is _________.

abuse

God’s will

Selfishness

economics

Question 6          The approach to dying that emphasizes “comfort and care” is known as __________.

mercy death

mercy killing

the "Kevorkian" approach

hospice

Question 7          Euthanasia comes from the Greek and means “a bad death.”

                True

                False

Question 8          There is no law prohibiting euthanasia in the US.

True

                False

Question 9          Health care professionals sometimes receive requests from patients for assisted suicide.

                True

                False

Question 10        Hospice care is available only to those with "advanced directives".

                True

                False