首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
In ancient Greek, the term euthanatos meant "easy death". Today euthanasia (安乐死) generally refers to mercy killing, the voluntar
In ancient Greek, the term euthanatos meant "easy death". Today euthanasia (安乐死) generally refers to mercy killing, the voluntar
admin
2009-01-13
73
问题
In ancient Greek, the term euthanatos meant "easy death". Today euthanasia (安乐死) generally refers to mercy killing, the voluntary (自愿) ending of the life of someone who is terminally ill. Like abortion, euthanasia has become a legal, medical, and moral issue over which opinion is divided.
Euthanasia can be either active or passive. Active euthanasia means that a physician or other medical personnel takes an action that will result in death, such as giving an overdose of deadly medicine. Passive euthanasia means letting a patient die for lack of treatment, or stopping the treatment that has begun. Examples of passive euthanasia include taking patients off a breathing machine or removing other life-support systems. Stopping the food supply is also considered passive.
A good deal of the debate about mercy killing originates from the decision-making process. Who decides whether a patient is to die? This issue has not been solved legally in the United States. The matter is left to state law, which usually allows the physician in charge to suggest the option of death to a patient’s relatives, especially if the patient is brain dead. In an attempt to make decisions about when their own lives should end, several terminally ill patients in the early 1990s used a controversial suicide device, developed by Dr. Jack Kevorkian, to end their lives.
In parts of Europe, the decision-making process has become very flexible. Even in cases where the patients are not brain dead, patients have been put to death without their approval at the request of relatives or at the suggestion of physicians. Many cases of passive euthanasia involve old people or newborn infants. The principle justifying this practice is that such individuals have a "life not worthy of life".
In countries where passive euthanasia is not legal, the court systems have proved very tolerant in dealing with medical personnel who practice it. In Japan, for example, if physicians follow certain guidelines they may actively carry out mercy killings on hopelessly ill people. Courts have also been somewhat tolerant of friends or relatives who have assisted terminally ill patients to die.
选项
A、gets worse every day
B、can never get well again
C、is very seriously ill in the end
D、is too ill to want to live on
答案
B
解析
本题为词汇题。terminal意为“末端的,晚期的”,a terminally ill patient表示“晚期患者,绝症病人”,即选can never get well again“无法再治愈了”。考生也可以根据第三段“…several terminally ill patients in the early 1990s used a controversial suicide device,developed by Dr. Jack Kevorkian,to end their lives.”推断出应该是“不可能再治好的病人”才有可能采取“安乐死”。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/Q3HO777K
0
在职攻硕英语联考
相关试题推荐
Emergingfromthe1980censusisthepictureofanationdevelopingmoreandmoreregionalcompetition,aspopulationgrowthin
Sciencehaslonghadanuneasyrelationshipwithotheraspectsofculture.ThinkofGallileo’s17thcenturytrialforhisrebell
Sincethedawnofhumaningenuity,peoplehavedevisedevermorecunningtoolstocopewithworkthatisdangerous,boring,burd
Sexprejudicesarebasedonandjustifiedbytheideologythatbiologyisdestiny.Accordingtothisideology,basicbiological
Alineinasongasks,"Doesanyonereallyknowwhattimeitis?"Thisquestioncouldeasilyapplytocalendars!Didyouknowth
Thereoughttobelessanxietyovertheperceivedriskofmountainclimbingthan______inthepublicmindtoday.
Anthony’s______expressionmaskedanessentialcheerfulnature.
Criticismandself-criticismisnecessary______ithelpsustofindandcorrectourmistakes.(厦门大学2014年试题)
Thediversityoftropicalplantsintheregionrepresentsaseemingly______sourceofrawmaterials,ofwhichonlyafewhavebe
ResearchershavecreatedmalemicewithnotraceofaYchromosome,supposedlythedefininghallmarkofbeingmale.Reproduct
随机试题
基金的会计核算对象不包括()。
石瘿的病因病机有:
最适宜用来鉴别慢性粒细胞白血病(CML)与类白血病反应的细胞化学染色是()。
纵向水平杆各接头中心至最近主节点的距离不宜大于纵距的1/3。下列关于纵向水平杆的要求中,说法错误的是()。
A公司向B公司购买一批钢材,A公司将一张汇票背书转让给B公司作为付款,背书时注明“货到后此汇票方生效”,对此理解正确的有()。
股份制企业在分配股息、红利时,以股票形式向股东个人支付应得的股息、红利,应以派发股息红利的( )为收入额,计征个人所得税。
关于国有企业改组为股份公司时的股权界定,以下说法正确的是()。
贴息贷款合同应按规定缴纳印花税。()
常采用的两种存储结构是()。
NursingatBethIsraelHospitalproducesthebestpatientcarepossible.Ifwearetosolvethenursingshortage,hospitaladmin
最新回复
(
0
)