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WorksheetsEuthanasia Quiz
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 14mins
True or false: Euthanasia is legal in Belgium.
True
False
Practising euthanasia on a person who is in a coma is considered:
Voluntary euthanasia
Non-voluntary euthanasia
Involuntary euthanasia
Double effect
True or false: Most religions have no problem with practising euthanasia.
True
False
What does the word 'euthanasia' mean?
Good death
Quiet death
Dignified death
Mercy Death
Select three places where Euthanasia is currently legal.
Belgium
UK
America
Switzerland
Holland
The term Euthanasia is made up of two Greek words. What do the these terms mean?
Planned Death
Just Death
Good Death
What form of Euthanasia is being described?
A person's life is ended deliberately and painlessly at their request. - The patient does not wish to live anymore.
Voluntary Euthanasia
Non-Voluntary Euthanasia
Active Euthanasia
What form of Euthanasia is being described?
A Doctor stops treatment or does not do something necessary to keep the patient alive.
Active Euthanasia
Involuntary Euthanasia
Passive Euthanasia
What form of Euthanasia is being described?
A medical professional or another person deliberately causes death.
Active Euthanasia
Passive Euthanasia
Non-Voluntary Euthanasia
What is meant by the Sanctity of Life?
Life is only worth living if the quality of life is good, therefore life and death is up to the individual.
All life is a gift from God and therefore should be valued and looked after. Only God has the right to end life.
Life should be lived morally.
Most Christians are against Euthanasia- The Catholic Church defines Euthanasia as - 'An act or omission which, of itself or by intention, causes the death of handicapped, sick, or dying, sometimes with an attempt to justify the act as a means of eliminating suffering.' Select three reasons some Christians believe Euthanasia is wrong.
Life is Sacred.
Dying is painful.
Only God has the right to end life.
Life should be valued, even when someone is in pain.
Some Christians are more accepting of Euthanasia. Select two reasons why.
God intends people to have a good 'quality of life', which most people considering Euthanasia often do not have.
Euthanasia is supported in the Bible.
Euthanasia is the lesser of two evils.
Which of the following are instances where non-voluntary euthanasia may be considered. Select all that apply.
When the person is asking for help to die but cannot do it themselves
When the person is senile or has dementia
When the person is a newborn infant with life-limiting conditions
When the person is in a coma
When the person is in a PVS
Acive euthanasia can also be called____________ euthanasia
advance
passive
direct
indirect
Indirect euthanasia can also be called____________
passive euthanasia
active euthanasia
non-voluntary euthanasia
double effect
What is this a definition of ....? someone does not directly take the patient's life, they just allow them to die. Death is brought about by an omission - i.e. when someone lets the person die.
active euthanasia
passive euthanasia
indirect euthanasia
double effect
What is this a definition of ....? providing treatment (usually to reduce pain) that has the side effect of speeding the patient's death.
active euthanasia
passive euthanasia
indirect euthanasia
double effect
“So God created man in his own image.”
This quote is often used to support the sanctity of life arguments - which Bible source matches the quotation?
Genesis 1:26-27
Genesis 9:6
Jeremiah 1:5
Exodus 20:13
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations
This quote is often used to support the sanctity of life arguments - which Bible source matches the quotation?
Genesis 1:26-27
Genesis 9:6
Jeremiah 1:5
Exodus 20:13
You shall not murder
This quote is often used to support anti-euthanasia arguments - which Bible source matches the quotation?
Genesis 1:26-27
Genesis 9:6
Jeremiah 1:5
Exodus 20:13
"You matter because you are you, and you matter to the end of your life"... is used to support care for the elderly and is said by....?
Dame Cicely Saunders
Saint Teresa of Avila
Saint Mother Teresa
Our Lady Mother Mary
Where can home hospice be provided?
Assisted livings
Private homes
Nursing Homes
Memory Care Facilities
What is meant by palliative and end -of -life care?
Managing an individual’s pain
Managing the physical symptoms of the disease
Improving an individual’s quality of life throughout the rest of their life
All of the above
It is not possible for one to die except by permission of Allah. Qur'an 3:145
This Quranic Quotation shows that Islam teaches euthanasia is acceptable. True or false?
True
False
By allowing assisted dying but not active euthanasia, a country may be accused of not supporting those who wish to die who cannot take their own lives due to physical inability.
This could lead us to question/discuss which of the 4 principles of medical ethics from Beauchamp and Childress ?
Autonomy
Beneficence
Non maleficence
Justice
