Jerry is in a persistent vegetative state, kept alive through a respirator. He has a living will,
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Jerry is in a persistent vegetative state, kept alive through a respirator. He has a living will, which says that if Jerry is ever in a persistent vegetative state, the respirator should not be provided. However, the physician in charge believes that removal of the respirator is physician-assisted suicide. Is the physician correct? Why or why not?
Select one:
a. No, removal of the respirator is only passive euthanasia
b. Yes, removal of the respirator is physician-assisted suicide
c. Yes, removal of the respirator is active euthanasia
d. No, because people in a persistent vegetative state are already legally dead
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Ethics Theory and Contemporary Issues
ISBN: 978-1305958678
9th edition
Authors: Barbara MacKinnon, Andrew Fiala
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