When a physician administers medication to relieve severe pain in a terminally ill patient, and the medication also hastens the patient's death, the situation is called
A. active euthanasia.
B. a double effect.
C. physician-assisted suicide.
D. passive euthanasia.
Answer: B
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What will be an ideal response?