If a terminally ill patient refuses nourishment/medicine and dies of starvation/dehydration, it is called
A) assisted suicide.
B) passive voluntary euthanasia.
C) involuntary mercy killing.
D) managed care.

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Passive voluntary euthanasia occurs when a terminally ill patient refuses life-sustaining treatment or nourishment and as a result, dies. This is considered a form of euthanasia because it involves the patient's decision to end their own life by refusing the necessary means to continue living, but it is passive because it does not involve any active measures to cause death.

If a Terminally Ill Patient Refuses Nourishment/medicine and Dies of Starvation/dehydration