EUTHANASIA
| A | Active euthanasia | |
| B |
Passive euthanasia |
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| C |
Positive euthanasia |
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| D |
Assisted Suicide |
A physician decides to discontinue or not to use extraordinary life sustaining measures to prolong his patients life. It is known as?
| A |
Active euthanasia |
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| B |
Passive euthanasia |
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| C |
Positive euthanasia |
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| D |
Assisted Suicide |
Active euthanasia or positive euthanasia is a positive merciful act, to end useless suffering or a meaningless existence. It is an act of commission.
PGI 14
| A |
Passive euthanasia is legal in India |
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| B |
Active euthanasia is allowed in the UK |
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| C |
Physician assisted suicide is legal in some States of the US |
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| D |
Active euthanasia is legal in Netherlands and Belgium |
Ans. (B) Active euthanasia is allowed in the UK
Euthanasia is illegal in Britain.
On 9 March 2018 the Supreme Court of India legalised passive euthanasia by means of the withdrawal of life support to patients in a permanent vegetative state
Patients must consent through a living will, and must be either terminally ill or in a vegetative state

