Damon has been terminally ill with multiple fractures to his skull. He has been in a vegetative state for over three years. Fina

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White raven [17]

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Damon has been terminally ill with multiple fractures to his skull. He has been in a vegetative state for over three years. Fina

lly, his family agrees to end his suffering by removing him from the life-support system. This is an example of:

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Lady_Fox [76] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-01T19:00:54+03:00

Answer:

Passive euthanasia

Explanation:

Damon was in vegetative state for three years due to skull damage, but now his family agrees to remove his life support system this is an example of passive euthanasia in which patient's life is not taken directly. Passive euthanasia is of two types one is withdrawing treatment that involves to switch machines off that were engaged to keep that person alive, this was in case of Damon. While other kind of passive euthanasia is withholding treatment in it surgery is not carried that would save life of person.