Deck 8: Biomedical Issues and Euthanasia

Question 1

Up to how many lives can an organ donor save?

A)1
B)3
C)5
D)8

Answer 1

D

Question 2

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as of October 2018, there were approximately _____________ candidates waiting for life saving organs.

A)25,000
B)50,000
C)75,000
D)100,000

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The right of self-deliverance for terminally ill patients would be supported by

A)people who adopt a quality-of-life philosophy.
B)people who adopt a sanctity-of-life philosophy.
C)people who favor active euthanasia.
D)people who adopt a quality-of-life philosophy and people who favor active euthanasia.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Medical ethics

A)gives answers.
B)poses pros and cons of an issue.
C)focuses on the pros of the issues clearly for all to see.
D)focuses on the cons of the issues clearly for all to argue about.

Question 5

Medically assisted suicide would be supported by

A)people who adopt a quality-of-life philosophy.
B)people who adopt a sanctity-of-life philosophy.
C)people who favor active euthanasia
D)people who adopt a quality-of-life philosophy and people who favor active euthanasia.

Question 6

Which of the following is not a concern in using the human body and parts in medical research and training?

A)Lacks approval of all segments of society
B)Medically unnecessary
C)Violates patient's rights and dignity
D)Beneficial to society

Question 7

An act of suicide committed by a clinically depressed patient would not be supported by

A)people who adopt a quality-of-life philosophy.
B)people who adopt a sanctity-of-life philosophy.
C)people who favor passive euthanasia.
D)people who favor quality-of-life philosophy, sanctity-of-life philosophy, and passive euthanasia.

Question 8

What is an acknowledged aspect of American medicine?

A)Patients do not have a right to take part in their own care.
B)Doctor's do not take patient wishes into consideration.
C)Patients have the right to refuse or discontinue treatment.
D)Patients have difficulty making medical decisions.

Question 9

Which of the following statements is false concerning the sanctity-of-life perspective on euthanasia?

A)It would oppose active euthanasia.
B)It would have a built-in bias against the disabled and mentally impaired.
C)It would reject suicide and self-deliverance.
D)It would contend that all "natural" life has intrinsic meaning and should be appreciated as a divine gift.

Question 10

The U.S. euthanasia society is presently called

A)USES.
B)EXIT.
C)the Hemlock Society.
D)Compassion and Choices.

Question 11

The Voluntary Euthanasia Society defined euthanasia as

A)a good death.
B)a mercy killing.
C)a natural death without medical technologies that extend life and prolong death.
D)a good death brought about by a doctor providing drugs or an injection to bring a peaceful end to the dying process.

Question 12

How many organ transplants are performed daily in the United States?

A)Less than 10
B)Less than 50
C)Approximately 100
D)Approximately 500

Question 13

What is ethical behavior?

A)A person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do
B)Refers to a conscious reflection on moral beliefs and seems typically to be applied to specific cases in a particular setting
C)The degree of importance of some thing or action, with the aim of determining what actions are best to do or what way is best to live
D)Principles related to ethics and worship, which play a fundamental role in religion

Question 14

What factors do not contribute to poor outcomes when physicians and other health care professionals do not talk with each other and are unclear with families regarding decisions with patients who are dying?

A)Professional
B)Systemic
C)Emotion regulation
D)Personal

Question 15

Withholding "extraordinary" life support would be supported by

A)people who adopt a quality-of-life philosophy.
B)people who adopt a sanctity-of-life philosophy.
C)people who favor passive euthanasia.
D)people who adopt a quality-of-life philosophy, sanctity-of-life philosophy, and who favor passive euthanasia.

Question 16

Which of the following statements is true ?

A)Compassion and Choices considers suicide and self-deliverance to be the same.
B)Compassion and Choices supports the right of active, rational, and voluntary euthanasia for all terminal patients.
C)Compassion and Choices supports the right of any individual to take his or her own life through suicide regardless of motivation.
D)The former name of Compassion and Choices was the British Voluntary Euthanasia Society.

Question 17

Which of the following statements is true regarding attitudes toward organ transplantation across cultures?

A)In Japan, human organ transplantation is accepted.
B)In Israel, animal organ transplantation is acceptable.
C)In Denmark, animal organ transplantation is resisted.
D)In the United States, there is great resistance to human organ transplantation.

Question 18

Which of the following statements is false ?

A)In the United States, mercy killing is considered murder.
B)All forms of active euthanasia are illegal in the United States.
C)Compassion and Choices supports the right of any individual to take his or her own life through suicide regardless of motivation.
D)It is a felony in most states to assist another to commit suicide.

Question 19

The "Living Will" would be supported by

A)people who adopt a quality-of-life philosophy.
B)people who adopt a sanctity-of-life philosophy.
C)people who favor passive euthanasia.
D)people who adopt a quality-of-life philosophy, sanctity-of-life philosophy, and who favor passive euthanasia.

Question 20

In the United States, individuals have to give permission for organ donation. Which of the following is not a way to give permission?

A)When they apply for a driver's license
B)When the create a living will
C)When they die, a family member can do it for them with a durable power of attorney
D)When they are born, their parents can decide for them

Question 21

Distinguish between active and passive euthanasia. How do the assumptions of quality-of-life and sanctity-of-life relate to active and passive euthanasia? Should our society prolong life (death) without being concerned about the quality of life experienced by the patient and the cost involved? Who should decide the meaning of quality of life?

Question 22

Provide arguments for and against national legislation legitimizing mercy killing.

Question 23

Provide arguments for and against national legislation legitimizing the selling of human organs.

Question 24

What are the respective difficulties of implementing the passive and active approaches to euthanasia for current social policy dealing with health care for the terminally ill?

Question 25

Physician-assisted death (PAD) is legal in

A)Montana.
B)Washington.
C)Vermont.
D)Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Vermont.

Question 26

If you were a physician and your parent were dying from an extremely painful and incurable form of cancer and decided that life was not worth living, what role would you be willing to play in assisting him or her in self-deliverance? Would you be unwilling to assist your parent? If not, what actions would you take in discouraging your parent's action?

Question 27

Discuss some of the problems affecting human transplantations.

Question 28

A document that states one does not want medical intervention to be kept alive if the quality of life is not good or hope for recovery is dismal is called

A)a holographic will.
B)a legal will.
C)a living will.
D)a deadly will.

Question 29

Distinguish between issues of "what can be done" and "what should be done" in real-life medical situations.

Question 30

Discuss the history of the legal establishment of physician-assisted death. What is the Supreme Court's position on physician-assisted death?

Question 31

Provide arguments for and against the removal of food and water from a terminal patient in a coma.

Question 32

Active voluntary euthanasia includes

A)PAD.
B)MRI.
C)AVE.
D)PAD and AVE.

Question 33

Which of the following statements is true ?

A)Passive euthanasia does not hasten the death of a dying patient.
B)In the United States, mercy killing is not considered murder.
C)All forms of active euthanasia are not illegal in the United States.
D)Suicide and self-deliverance are considered to be the same under most state laws.

Question 34

Provide arguments for and against the establishment of a national registration of live donors?

Question 35

Active, voluntary euthanasia is legal in

A)the United States.
B)the United Kingdom.
C)the Netherlands.
D)Denmark.