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. Active euthanasia is:

A positive act which causes death correct incorrect

A crime in the United Kingdom correct incorrect

Active euthanasia can be voluntary, involuntary or non-voluntary correct incorrect

All of the options are correct correct incorrect

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. The 'doctrine of double effect':

Was applied in the case of R v Cox (1992) correct incorrect

Is not subject to the doctrine of proportionality correct incorrect

Distinguishes between the intended good effects of an action (such as relief of pain) and the foreseen, yet unintended consequences (such as respiratory depression) correct incorrect

Is a legitimate defence against passive euthanasia correct incorrect

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. Which statement about section 2 of the Suicide Act 1961 is not correct?

Section 2 prohibits assisting or encouraging another's suicide correct incorrect

Section 2 carries a discretionary life sentence correct incorrect

Section 2 carries a maximum sentence of 14 years correct incorrect

The offence requires proof that the defendant intended to encourage or assist the victim to commit suicide correct incorrect

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. Pretty v UK (2012) is authority for the principle that:

Article 8 protects an individual's right to autonomy correct incorrect

Section 2 of the Suicide Act 1961 is inconsistent with an individual's Article 3 rights correct incorrect

Section 2 of the Suicide Act 1961 is inconsistent with an individual's Article 2 right to life correct incorrect

The DPP must always prosecute in cases of assisted suicide correct incorrect

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. R (on the application of Purdy) v DPP [2009] is authority for the principle that:

In certain specific circumstances assisted suicide is lawful in English jurisdiction correct incorrect

In certain circumstances it is not an offence to assist another person to commit suicide correct incorrect

The DPP was obliged to publish the factors to be taken into account when exercising his discretion whether to prosecute in cases of assisted suicide correct incorrect

Article 8 rights are not engaged in situations of assisted suicide correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements about Airedale NHS Trust v Bland is not correct?

Airedale NHS Trust v Bland was decided on 'best interests' correct incorrect

Airedale NHS Trust v Bland concerned the legality of withdrawal of life sustaining treatment from a patient in a permanent vegetative state correct incorrect

Airedale NHS Trust v Bland concerned the legality of active euthanasia correct incorrect

Airedale NHS Trust v Bland was argued partly on the basis of the acts and omissions doctrine correct incorrect

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. Which statement about the case of W and M v An NHS Trust [2011] is correct?

The case concerned a woman (M) in a permanent vegetative state correct incorrect

The woman (M) had a valid and applicable advance decision correct incorrect

This was a decision of the Supreme Court correct incorrect

The court used a balance sheet to determine the patient's best interests correct incorrect

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. Ethical arguments against medically assisted death include:

Sanctity of life arguments correct incorrect

All of the options are correct correct incorrect

Compromise of the fundamental relationship of trust between doctors and patients correct incorrect

Slippery slope arguments correct incorrect

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. The moral arguments in support of medical assisted dying include:

Respect for self-determined choice correct incorrect

Mercy and respect for beneficence correct incorrect

Dignity in dying correct incorrect

All of the options are correct correct incorrect

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. Which statement about Aintree University Hospitals v James [2013] is not correct?

The case concerned a decision to withhold life-sustaining treatment from a man in a permanent vegetative state correct incorrect

Aintree University Hospitals v James [2013] is the first case in which the Supreme Court had to scrutinise the Mental Capacity Act 2005 correct incorrect

The Supreme Court held that the best interests of a person in a minimally conscious state should be decided by applying a subjective test to decide whether that patient would wish to receive life-sustaining treatment in the circumstances correct incorrect

Aintree University Hospitals v James [2013] was heard in the Supreme Court correct incorrect