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Mrs.
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Jones is unconscious.
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Her proxy decision maker decides that she should not be put on life support.
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Is this? voluntary active euthanasia? voluntary passive euthanasia.
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Non -voluntary passive euthanasia or involuntary passive euthanasia.
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Okay, so first we'll go through the difference between active and passive.
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So in either way, you are causing the death of the patient.
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Active is where action has to be taken.
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So, e .g.
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Giving an overdose.
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Passive is where instead of action being taken, there is just a mission of treatment.
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So that's what we're seeing here.
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She is not being put on life support, and she will die as a result.
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So this is passive in nature.
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So we can rule out a.
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Next, what does it mean to be voluntary, non -voluntary, and involuntary? so voluntary is where the person is conscious and fully able to reason and they choose to die...