After an accidental fall, Melissa became fully paralyzed because of an injury to her brain stem. Although she is fully conscious, Melissa cannot move any muscles in her body or face, cannot control her bowel movements, and has difficulty speaking. Doctors have said that she is highly unlikely to recover. Not wanting to lead life this way, she requests her physician to inject her with a lethal overdose of drugs. In this case, Melissa is requesting
A. voluntary passive euthanasia.
B. physician-assisted suicide.
C. active euthanasia.
D. nonvoluntary passive euthanasia.
Answer: C
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