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
On an average of six times a day, a doctor in Holland practices "active" euthanasia: intentionally administering a lethal(致死的)dr
On an average of six times a day, a doctor in Holland practices "active" euthanasia: intentionally administering a lethal(致死的)dr
admin
2020-03-30
35
问题
On an average of six times a day, a doctor in Holland practices "active" euthanasia: intentionally administering a lethal(致死的)drug to a terminally ill patient who has asked to be relieved of suffering. Twenty times a day, life-prolonging treatment is withheld or withdrawn when there is no hope that it can effect an ultimate cure. "Active" euthanasia remains a crime on the Dutch statute books, punishable by 12 years in prison. But a series of court cases over the past 15 years has made it clear that a competent physician who carries it out will not be prosecuted.
Euthanasia, often called "mercy killing" is a crime everywhere in Western Europe. But more and more doctors and nurses readily admit to practicing it, most often in the "passive" form of withholding or withdrawing treatment. The long simmering euthanasia issue has lately boiled over into a, sometimes, fierce public debate, with both sides claiming the mantle of ultimate righteousness. Those opposed to the practice see themselves upholding sacred principles of respect for life, while those in favor raise the banner of humane treatment. After years on the defensive, the advocates now seem to be gaining ground. Recent polls in Britain show that 72 percent of British subjects favor euthanasia in some circumstances. An astonishing 76 percent of respondents to a poll taken last year in France said they would like the law changed to decriminalize mercy killings.
Euthanasia has been a topic of controversy in Europe since at least 1936, when a bill was introduced in the House of Lords that would have legalized mercy killing under very tightly supervised conditions. That bill failed, as have three others introduced in the House of Lords since then.
Reasons for the latest surge of interest in euthanasia are not hard to find. Europeans, like Americans, are now living longer. Therefore, lingering chronic diseases have replaced critical illnesses as the primary cause of death. And the euthanasists argue that every human being should have the right to "die with dignity," by which they usually mean the right to escape the horrors of a painful or degrading hospitalization(住院治疗).
Most experts believe that euthanasia will continue to be practiced no matter what the law says.
From the passage we can see that in Holland______.
选项
A、a doctor who practices euthanasia will not be punished
B、euthanasia is regarded as illegal
C、euthanasia is very popular
D、active euthanasia is still illegal, but people often tolerate an experienced doctor who carries it out
答案
D
解析
文章第一段说,根据荷兰法律,进行积极安乐死是犯罪,但近十几年的案例显示,称职的医生这样做是不会被起诉的。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/kmTO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Mygrandmotherhasbeenillfortwomonths,soherhealthhas______.
Allanimalsmustrest,butdotheyreallysleepasweknowit?Theanswertothisquestionseemsobvious.Ifananimalregularly
BeforehighschoolteacherKimberlyRughgotdowntobusinessatthestartofarecentschoolweek,shejokedwithherstudents
Therearefourbasictypesofcompetitioninbusinessthatformacontinuumfrompurecompetitionthroughmonopolisticcompetiti
【T1】TheSinglelongastockfigureinstories,songsandpersonalads,wastraditionallysomeoneatthemarginsofsociety;afi
Malnutritionduringweaningage—whenbreastmilkisbeingreplacedbysemi-solidfoods—ishighlyprevalentinchildrenofpoorh
ItisincongruousthatthenumberofBritishinstitutionsofferingMBAcoursesshouldhavegrownby254percentduringaperiod
TheeconomicsituationAwillimprovegiventhatthereisBforecasttobelessunemploymentandCclosuresthaninDpreviousyears
Inthelastfewminutestheconversationhasbecomeseemingly______asifthediscussionwereofsomeminordomesticmatterand
Chapter-A-Dayisintendedtohelppeople______.Theword"installment"inthepassageprobablymeans"______".
随机试题
替牙期儿童颌面部感染的原因多为
属于第二代抗精神病药的是
医院的中心任务是
某公司准备建立一项为期10年的奖励基金,用于奖励有突出贡献的员工,每年计划颁发100000元奖金,从第1年开始至第10年正好用完账户中的所有款项,若利率为6%,则第1年初存入的奖励基金应为多少元?()
材料:有一只兔子叫跳跳,它呀最爱吃萝卜了。中午到了,跳跳该吃中午饭了,它来到菜地拔萝卜|拔萝卜|拔拔|拔○|,回到家打开水龙头,跳跳洗萝卜|洗萝卜|洗洗|洗○|,洗干净了,就把萝卜放在菜板上用刀切萝卜|切萝卜|切切|切○|,然后放在锅里炒萝卜|炒萝卜|炒炒
根据《基础教育课程改革(试行)》的规定,我国初中阶段课程设置主要是()。
下列战略性新兴产业都将被培育成为先导产业,除了()。
19世纪末20世纪初,垄断资本主义得以形成。垄断资本主义的发展包括两种基本形式
下列级数中发散的是()
关于KeyPress事件,以下叙述中正确的是
最新回复
(
0
)