Question

Euthanasia is generally defined as the act of killing an incurably ill

person out of concern and compassion for that person‟s suffering.

Euthanasia, is usually separated into two categories : passive

euthanasia and active euthanasia. In many jurisdictions, active

euthanasia can be considered murder or manslaughter, whereas

passive euthanasia is accepted by professional medical societies, and

by the law under certain circumstances. Hastening the death of a

person by altering some form of support and letting nature take its

courses is known as passive euthanasia. Examples include such things

as turning off respirators, halting medications, discontinuing food and

water so as to allowing a person to dehydrate or starve to death, or

failure to resuscitate.

Passive euthanasia also includes giving a patient large doses of

morphine to control pain, in spite of the likelihood that the painkiller

will suppress respiration and cause death earlier than otherwise

would have happened. Such doses of painkillers have a dual effect of

relieving pain and hastening death. Administering such medication is

regarded as ethical in most political jurisdictions and by most medical

societies.

These procedures are performed on terminally ill persons so that

natural death will occur sooner. They are also commonly performed on
persons in a persistent vegetative state; for example, individuals with

massive brain damage or in a coma from which they are not likely to

regain consciousness.

Far more controversial, active euthanasia involves causing the death

of a person through a direct action, in response to a request from that

person. In so far as this suggestion may be based on the quality of life

experienced by patients, this is an inadequate approach. At one

extreme we may be dealing with a birth that cannot be called human

at all : such a being likely to live at the most for only a few hours.

Many feel that during this time it ought to be given ordinary nursing

care. But it would be difficult to condemn anyone who takes the

opposite view. At anything less than this extreme, the bringing to an

end the life of say, a physically challenged child, by the deliberate

refusal of the fullest medical care seems morally indefensible.

On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the

following questions briefly.

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(i) The word, 'euthanasia' mean the _________.

a) health issues in a physically challenged child.

b) act of killing a person mercilessly.

c) act of killing an incurably ill person out of concern.

d) act of showing compassion for the suffering person.

(ii) The one and only reason for trying all possible measures to save a

person is because __________________.

a) It is the duty of a doctor to save a dying person.

b) It is the sin of the ailing person to be.

c) It depends on the wealth of the person.

d) It is the noble cause of organ donation.

(iii) The people who argue for euthanasia is advocated because ___________.

a) Can support another victim to revive their life.

b) Relieving pain by hastening death

c) Lack of medical advancement.

d) They would be financially supported.

(iv) The writer finds ________ morally indefensible.

a) the bringing to an end of the life.

b) a physically challenged child.

c) the deliberate refusal of the fullest medical care.

d) human value is.

(v) The two broad categories euthanasia is _____ and ______.

(vi) The painkiller will suppress _________ and cause death earlier.​

Answer 1

1. Option c is correct i.e. Act of killing an incurably ill person out of concern.

• The word euthanasia means the act of killing an incurably ill person out of concern and compassion for that person's suffering.

2. Option a is correct i.e. It is the duty of the doctor to save a dying person.

• The only reason for trying all possible measures to save a person is because a doctor must save a dying person.

3. Option c is correct.

• The people who argue for euthanasia are advocated because relieving pain by hastening death.

4. Option c is correct

• The writer finds the deliberate refusal of the fullest medical care morally indefensible.

5. The two broad categories of euthanasia are active and passive euthanasia.

6. The painkiller will suppress respiration and cause death earlier.