Page 1--find the paragraph which supports the idea that doctors should be able to help sick people to end their lives.

Page 1-- Find the paragraph which summarizes the laws prohibiting doctors from assisting in suicide.

Page 1--Find the paragraph which tells us that there is little agreement on the issue of assisted suicide.

Page 2--par. 10 the phrase to forgo unwanted medical treatment means:

a) to refuse

b) to accept

c) to go for

d) to pay for

Page 2--Par. 1O True/false: A court in Missouri ruled that Nancy Cruzan’s family had the right to have feeding tubes removed.

Page 2--Par 12 True/false: The Missouri court ruling indicated that there is no difference in removing Cruzan’s feeding tubes and in administering drugs that would end her life more quickly.

Page 2--Find the paragraph which best summarizes the court’s opinion regarding its view on assisted suicide.

Page 3--Find evidence that the court does not consider life in a long term coma to be worth preserving.

Page 3--par. 21: In defending New York State’s current law prohibiting doctor’s from assisting in suicides, Dennis Vacco says that such laws protect innocent third parties from abuse by doctors and family members. The third parties he refers to are:

a) the families of the terminally ill patients

b) doctors

c) the terminally ill patients

d) lawyers

Page 3 How might some doctors take advantage of patients by assisting in suicides?

Page 3 How might some family members take advantage of patients by permitting assisted suicides?