【T18】A.SEEKS TO B.A HARMFUL ONE C.HASTEN DEATH D.AS LONG AS A.HOW MEDICINE【T1

【T17】

A.SEEKS TO

B.A HARMFUL ONE

C.HASTEN DEATH

D.AS LONG AS A.HOW MEDICINE【T13】_______RELIEVE DYING PATIENTS OF PAIN AND SUFFERING

B.YOU CAN RISK YOUR PATIENT"S SUICIDE【T14】______YOU DON"T INTEND THEIR SUICID

E.

C.IF THAT MIGHT【T15】______

D.A GOOD ONE THAT IS INTENDED AND【T16】______THAT IS FORESEEN THE SUPREME COURT"S DECISIONS ON PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE CARRY IMPORTANT IMPLICATIONS FOR【T17】______. ALTHOUGH IT RULED THAT THERE IS NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE, THE COURT IN EFFECT SUPPORTED THE MEDICAL PRINCIPLE OF "DOUBLE EFFECT", A CENTURIES-OLD MORALPRINCIPLE HOLDING THAT AN ACTION HAVING TWO EFFECTS—【T18】______—IS PERMISSIBLE IF THEACTOR INTENDS ONLY THE GOOD EFFECT. DOCTORS HAVE USED THAT PRINCIPLE IN RECENT YEARS TO JUSTIFY USING HIGH DOSES OF MORPHINE TO CONTROL TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS" PAIN, EVEN THOUGH INCREASING DOSAGES WILL EVENTUALLY KILL THE PATIENT. NANCY DUBLER, DIRECTOR OF MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER, CONTENDS THAT THE PRINCIPLE WILL SHIELD DOCTORS WHO "UNTIL NOW HAVE VERY, VERY STRONGLY INSISTED THAT THEY COULD NOT GIVE PATIENTS SUFFICIENT MEDIATION TO CONTROL THEIR PAIN【T19】______." GEORGE ANNAS, CHAIR OF THE HEALTH LAW DEPARTMENT AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY, MAINTAINS THAT, AS LONG AS A DOCTOR PRESCRIBES A DRUG FOR A LEGITIMATE MEDICAL PURPOSE, THE DOCTOR HAS DONE NOTHING ILLEGAL EVEN IF THE PATIENT USES THE DRUG TO HASTEN DEAT

H."IT"S LIKE SURGERY," HE SAYS, "WE DON"T CALL THOSE DEATHS HOMICIDES BECAUSE THE DOCTORS DIDN"T INTEND TO KILL THEIR PATIENTS, ALTHOUGH THEY RISKED THEIR DEAT

H.IF YOU"RE A PHYSICIAN,【T20】______."

【T16】

A.SEEKS TO

B.A HARMFUL ONE

C.HASTEN DEATH

D.AS LONG AS A.HOW MEDICINE【T13】_______RELIEVE DYING PATIENTS OF PAIN AND SUFFERING

B.YOU CAN RISK YOUR PATIENT"S SUICIDE【T14】______YOU DON"T INTEND THEIR SUICID

E.

C.IF THAT MIGHT【T15】______

D.A GOOD ONE THAT IS INTENDED AND【T16】______THAT IS FORESEEN THE SUPREME COURT"S DECISIONS ON PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE CARRY IMPORTANT IMPLICATIONS FOR【T17】______. ALTHOUGH IT RULED THAT THERE IS NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE, THE COURT IN EFFECT SUPPORTED THE MEDICAL PRINCIPLE OF "DOUBLE EFFECT", A CENTURIES-OLD MORALPRINCIPLE HOLDING THAT AN ACTION HAVING TWO EFFECTS—【T18】______—IS PERMISSIBLE IF THEACTOR INTENDS ONLY THE GOOD EFFECT. DOCTORS HAVE USED THAT PRINCIPLE IN RECENT YEARS TO JUSTIFY USING HIGH DOSES OF MORPHINE TO CONTROL TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS" PAIN, EVEN THOUGH INCREASING DOSAGES WILL EVENTUALLY KILL THE PATIENT. NANCY DUBLER, DIRECTOR OF MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER, CONTENDS THAT THE PRINCIPLE WILL SHIELD DOCTORS WHO "UNTIL NOW HAVE VERY, VERY STRONGLY INSISTED THAT THEY COULD NOT GIVE PATIENTS SUFFICIENT MEDIATION TO CONTROL THEIR PAIN【T19】______." GEORGE ANNAS, CHAIR OF THE HEALTH LAW DEPARTMENT AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY, MAINTAINS THAT, AS LONG AS A DOCTOR PRESCRIBES A DRUG FOR A LEGITIMATE MEDICAL PURPOSE, THE DOCTOR HAS DONE NOTHING ILLEGAL EVEN IF THE PATIENT USES THE DRUG TO HASTEN DEAT

H."IT"S LIKE SURGERY," HE SAYS, "WE DON"T CALL THOSE DEATHS HOMICIDES BECAUSE THE DOCTORS DIDN"T INTEND TO KILL THEIR PATIENTS, ALTHOUGH THEY RISKED THEIR DEAT

H.IF YOU"RE A PHYSICIAN,【T20】______."

【T15】

A.SEEKS TO

B.A HARMFUL ONE

C.HASTEN DEATH

D.AS LONG AS A.HOW MEDICINE【T13】_______RELIEVE DYING PATIENTS OF PAIN AND SUFFERING

B.YOU CAN RISK YOUR PATIENT"S SUICIDE【T14】______YOU DON"T INTEND THEIR SUICID

E.

C.IF THAT MIGHT【T15】______

D.A GOOD ONE THAT IS INTENDED AND【T16】______THAT IS FORESEEN THE SUPREME COURT"S DECISIONS ON PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE CARRY IMPORTANT IMPLICATIONS FOR【T17】______. ALTHOUGH IT RULED THAT THERE IS NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE, THE COURT IN EFFECT SUPPORTED THE MEDICAL PRINCIPLE OF "DOUBLE EFFECT", A CENTURIES-OLD MORALPRINCIPLE HOLDING THAT AN ACTION HAVING TWO EFFECTS—【T18】______—IS PERMISSIBLE IF THEACTOR INTENDS ONLY THE GOOD EFFECT. DOCTORS HAVE USED THAT PRINCIPLE IN RECENT YEARS TO JUSTIFY USING HIGH DOSES OF MORPHINE TO CONTROL TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS" PAIN, EVEN THOUGH INCREASING DOSAGES WILL EVENTUALLY KILL THE PATIENT. NANCY DUBLER, DIRECTOR OF MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER, CONTENDS THAT THE PRINCIPLE WILL SHIELD DOCTORS WHO "UNTIL NOW HAVE VERY, VERY STRONGLY INSISTED THAT THEY COULD NOT GIVE PATIENTS SUFFICIENT MEDIATION TO CONTROL THEIR PAIN【T19】______." GEORGE ANNAS, CHAIR OF THE HEALTH LAW DEPARTMENT AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY, MAINTAINS THAT, AS LONG AS A DOCTOR PRESCRIBES A DRUG FOR A LEGITIMATE MEDICAL PURPOSE, THE DOCTOR HAS DONE NOTHING ILLEGAL EVEN IF THE PATIENT USES THE DRUG TO HASTEN DEAT

H."IT"S LIKE SURGERY," HE SAYS, "WE DON"T CALL THOSE DEATHS HOMICIDES BECAUSE THE DOCTORS DIDN"T INTEND TO KILL THEIR PATIENTS, ALTHOUGH THEY RISKED THEIR DEAT

H.IF YOU"RE A PHYSICIAN,【T20】______."

【T14】

A.SEEKS TO

B.A HARMFUL ONE

C.HASTEN DEATH

D.AS LONG AS A.HOW MEDICINE【T13】_______RELIEVE DYING PATIENTS OF PAIN AND SUFFERING

B.YOU CAN RISK YOUR PATIENT"S SUICIDE【T14】______YOU DON"T INTEND THEIR SUICID

E.

C.IF THAT MIGHT【T15】______

D.A GOOD ONE THAT IS INTENDED AND【T16】______THAT IS FORESEEN THE SUPREME COURT"S DECISIONS ON PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE CARRY IMPORTANT IMPLICATIONS FOR【T17】______. ALTHOUGH IT RULED THAT THERE IS NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE, THE COURT IN EFFECT SUPPORTED THE MEDICAL PRINCIPLE OF "DOUBLE EFFECT", A CENTURIES-OLD MORALPRINCIPLE HOLDING THAT AN ACTION HAVING TWO EFFECTS—【T18】______—IS PERMISSIBLE IF THEACTOR INTENDS ONLY THE GOOD EFFECT. DOCTORS HAVE USED THAT PRINCIPLE IN RECENT YEARS TO JUSTIFY USING HIGH DOSES OF MORPHINE TO CONTROL TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS" PAIN, EVEN THOUGH INCREASING DOSAGES WILL EVENTUALLY KILL THE PATIENT. NANCY DUBLER, DIRECTOR OF MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER, CONTENDS THAT THE PRINCIPLE WILL SHIELD DOCTORS WHO "UNTIL NOW HAVE VERY, VERY STRONGLY INSISTED THAT THEY COULD NOT GIVE PATIENTS SUFFICIENT MEDIATION TO CONTROL THEIR PAIN【T19】______." GEORGE ANNAS, CHAIR OF THE HEALTH LAW DEPARTMENT AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY, MAINTAINS THAT, AS LONG AS A DOCTOR PRESCRIBES A DRUG FOR A LEGITIMATE MEDICAL PURPOSE, THE DOCTOR HAS DONE NOTHING ILLEGAL EVEN IF THE PATIENT USES THE DRUG TO HASTEN DEAT

H."IT"S LIKE SURGERY," HE SAYS, "WE DON"T CALL THOSE DEATHS HOMICIDES BECAUSE THE DOCTORS DIDN"T INTEND TO KILL THEIR PATIENTS, ALTHOUGH THEY RISKED THEIR DEAT

H.IF YOU"RE A PHYSICIAN,【T20】______."

【T13】

A.SEEKS TO

B.A HARMFUL ONE

C.HASTEN DEATH

D.AS LONG AS A.HOW MEDICINE【T13】_______RELIEVE DYING PATIENTS OF PAIN AND SUFFERING

B.YOU CAN RISK YOUR PATIENT"S SUICIDE【T14】______YOU DON"T INTEND THEIR SUICID

E.

C.IF THAT MIGHT【T15】______

D.A GOOD ONE THAT IS INTENDED AND【T16】______THAT IS FORESEEN THE SUPREME COURT"S DECISIONS ON PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE CARRY IMPORTANT IMPLICATIONS FOR【T17】______. ALTHOUGH IT RULED THAT THERE IS NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE, THE COURT IN EFFECT SUPPORTED THE MEDICAL PRINCIPLE OF "DOUBLE EFFECT", A CENTURIES-OLD MORALPRINCIPLE HOLDING THAT AN ACTION HAVING TWO EFFECTS—【T18】______—IS PERMISSIBLE IF THEACTOR INTENDS ONLY THE GOOD EFFECT. DOCTORS HAVE USED THAT PRINCIPLE IN RECENT YEARS TO JUSTIFY USING HIGH DOSES OF MORPHINE TO CONTROL TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS" PAIN, EVEN THOUGH INCREASING DOSAGES WILL EVENTUALLY KILL THE PATIENT. NANCY DUBLER, DIRECTOR OF MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER, CONTENDS THAT THE PRINCIPLE WILL SHIELD DOCTORS WHO "UNTIL NOW HAVE VERY, VERY STRONGLY INSISTED THAT THEY COULD NOT GIVE PATIENTS SUFFICIENT MEDIATION TO CONTROL THEIR PAIN【T19】______." GEORGE ANNAS, CHAIR OF THE HEALTH LAW DEPARTMENT AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY, MAINTAINS THAT, AS LONG AS A DOCTOR PRESCRIBES A DRUG FOR A LEGITIMATE MEDICAL PURPOSE, THE DOCTOR HAS DONE NOTHING ILLEGAL EVEN IF THE PATIENT USES THE DRUG TO HASTEN DEAT

H."IT"S LIKE SURGERY," HE SAYS, "WE DON"T CALL THOSE DEATHS HOMICIDES BECAUSE THE DOCTORS DIDN"T INTEND TO KILL THEIR PATIENTS, ALTHOUGH THEY RISKED THEIR DEAT

H.IF YOU"RE A PHYSICIAN,【T20】______."

【T12】

A.INFLATION

B.SHORT

C.UP TO A.PREVIOUS SHOCKS RESULTED IN DOUBLE-DIGIT【T7】______AND GLOBAL ECONOMIC DECLINE

B.TAXES ACCOUNT FOR【T8】______FOUR-FIFTHS OF THE RETAIL PRICE

C.PUSH THE PRICE HIGHER STILL IN THE【T9】______TERM COULD THE BAD OLD DAYS OF ECONOMIC DECLINE BE ABOUT TO RETURN? SINCE OPEC AGREED TO SUPPLY-CUTS IN MARCH, THE PRICE OF CRUDE OIL HAS JUMPED TO ALMOST $ 26 A BARREL, UP FROM LESS THAN $ 10 LAST DECEMBER.THIS NEAR-TRIPLING OF OIL PRICES CALLS UP SCARY MEMORIES OF THE 1973 OIL SHOCK, WHEN PRICES QUADRUPLED, AND 1979—1980, WHEN THEY ALSO ALMOST TRIPLE

D.BOTH【T10】______.SO WHERE ARE THE HEADLINES WARNING OF GLOOM AND DOOM THIS TIME? THE OIL PRICE WAS GIVEN ANOTHER PUSH UP THIS WEEK WHEN IRAQ SUSPENDED OIL EXPORTS.STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC GROWTH, AT THE SAME TIME AS WINTER GRIPS THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, COULD【T11】______. YET THERE ARE GOOD REASONS TO EXPECT THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES NOW TO BE LESS SEVERE THAN IN THE 1970S.IN MOST COUNTRIES THE COST OF CRUDE OIL NOW ACCOUNTS FOR A SMALLER SHAREOF THE PRICE OF PETROL THAN IT DID IN THE 1970S.IN EUROPE,【T12】_______, SO EVEN QUITE BIGCHANGES IN THE PRICE OF CRUDE HAVE A MORE MUTED EFFECT ON PUMP PRICES THAN IN THE PAST.

【T11】

A.INFLATION

B.SHORT

C.UP TO A.PREVIOUS SHOCKS RESULTED IN DOUBLE-DIGIT【T7】______AND GLOBAL ECONOMIC DECLINE

B.TAXES ACCOUNT FOR【T8】______FOUR-FIFTHS OF THE RETAIL PRICE

C.PUSH THE PRICE HIGHER STILL IN THE【T9】______TERM COULD THE BAD OLD DAYS OF ECONOMIC DECLINE BE ABOUT TO RETURN? SINCE OPEC AGREED TO SUPPLY-CUTS IN MARCH, THE PRICE OF CRUDE OIL HAS JUMPED TO ALMOST $ 26 A BARREL, UP FROM LESS THAN $ 10 LAST DECEMBER.THIS NEAR-TRIPLING OF OIL PRICES CALLS UP SCARY MEMORIES OF THE 1973 OIL SHOCK, WHEN PRICES QUADRUPLED, AND 1979—1980, WHEN THEY ALSO ALMOST TRIPLE

D.BOTH【T10】______.SO WHERE ARE THE HEADLINES WARNING OF GLOOM AND DOOM THIS TIME? THE OIL PRICE WAS GIVEN ANOTHER PUSH UP THIS WEEK WHEN IRAQ SUSPENDED OIL EXPORTS.STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC GROWTH, AT THE SAME TIME AS WINTER GRIPS THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, COULD【T11】______. YET THERE ARE GOOD REASONS TO EXPECT THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES NOW TO BE LESS SEVERE THAN IN THE 1970S.IN MOST COUNTRIES THE COST OF CRUDE OIL NOW ACCOUNTS FOR A SMALLER SHAREOF THE PRICE OF PETROL THAN IT DID IN THE 1970S.IN EUROPE,【T12】_______, SO EVEN QUITE BIGCHANGES IN THE PRICE OF CRUDE HAVE A MORE MUTED EFFECT ON PUMP PRICES THAN IN THE PAST.

【T10】

A.INFLATION

B.SHORT

C.UP TO A.PREVIOUS SHOCKS RESULTED IN DOUBLE-DIGIT【T7】______AND GLOBAL ECONOMIC DECLINE

B.TAXES ACCOUNT FOR【T8】______FOUR-FIFTHS OF THE RETAIL PRICE

C.PUSH THE PRICE HIGHER STILL IN THE【T9】______TERM COULD THE BAD OLD DAYS OF ECONOMIC DECLINE BE ABOUT TO RETURN? SINCE OPEC AGREED TO SUPPLY-CUTS IN MARCH, THE PRICE OF CRUDE OIL HAS JUMPED TO ALMOST $ 26 A BARREL, UP FROM LESS THAN $ 10 LAST DECEMBER.THIS NEAR-TRIPLING OF OIL PRICES CALLS UP SCARY MEMORIES OF THE 1973 OIL SHOCK, WHEN PRICES QUADRUPLED, AND 1979—1980, WHEN THEY ALSO ALMOST TRIPLE

D.BOTH【T10】______.SO WHERE ARE THE HEADLINES WARNING OF GLOOM AND DOOM THIS TIME? THE OIL PRICE WAS GIVEN ANOTHER PUSH UP THIS WEEK WHEN IRAQ SUSPENDED OIL EXPORTS.STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC GROWTH, AT THE SAME TIME AS WINTER GRIPS THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, COULD【T11】______. YET THERE ARE GOOD REASONS TO EXPECT THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES NOW TO BE LESS SEVERE THAN IN THE 1970S.IN MOST COUNTRIES THE COST OF CRUDE OIL NOW ACCOUNTS FOR A SMALLER SHAREOF THE PRICE OF PETROL THAN IT DID IN THE 1970S.IN EUROPE,【T12】_______, SO EVEN QUITE BIGCHANGES IN THE PRICE OF CRUDE HAVE A MORE MUTED EFFECT ON PUMP PRICES THAN IN THE PAST.

【T9】

A.INFLATION

B.SHORT

C.UP TO A.PREVIOUS SHOCKS RESULTED IN DOUBLE-DIGIT【T7】______AND GLOBAL ECONOMIC DECLINE

B.TAXES ACCOUNT FOR【T8】______FOUR-FIFTHS OF THE RETAIL PRICE

C.PUSH THE PRICE HIGHER STILL IN THE【T9】______TERM COULD THE BAD OLD DAYS OF ECONOMIC DECLINE BE ABOUT TO RETURN? SINCE OPEC AGREED TO SUPPLY-CUTS IN MARCH, THE PRICE OF CRUDE OIL HAS JUMPED TO ALMOST $ 26 A BARREL, UP FROM LESS THAN $ 10 LAST DECEMBER.THIS NEAR-TRIPLING OF OIL PRICES CALLS UP SCARY MEMORIES OF THE 1973 OIL SHOCK, WHEN PRICES QUADRUPLED, AND 1979—1980, WHEN THEY ALSO ALMOST TRIPLE

D.BOTH【T10】______.SO WHERE ARE THE HEADLINES WARNING OF GLOOM AND DOOM THIS TIME? THE OIL PRICE WAS GIVEN ANOTHER PUSH UP THIS WEEK WHEN IRAQ SUSPENDED OIL EXPORTS.STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC GROWTH, AT THE SAME TIME AS WINTER GRIPS THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, COULD【T11】______. YET THERE ARE GOOD REASONS TO EXPECT THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES NOW TO BE LESS SEVERE THAN IN THE 1970S.IN MOST COUNTRIES THE COST OF CRUDE OIL NOW ACCOUNTS FOR A SMALLER SHAREOF THE PRICE OF PETROL THAN IT DID IN THE 1970S.IN EUROPE,【T12】_______, SO EVEN QUITE BIGCHANGES IN THE PRICE OF CRUDE HAVE A MORE MUTED EFFECT ON PUMP PRICES THAN IN THE PAST.

【T8】

A.INFLATION

B.SHORT

C.UP TO A.PREVIOUS SHOCKS RESULTED IN DOUBLE-DIGIT【T7】______AND GLOBAL ECONOMIC DECLINE

B.TAXES ACCOUNT FOR【T8】______FOUR-FIFTHS OF THE RETAIL PRICE

C.PUSH THE PRICE HIGHER STILL IN THE【T9】______TERM COULD THE BAD OLD DAYS OF ECONOMIC DECLINE BE ABOUT TO RETURN? SINCE OPEC AGREED TO SUPPLY-CUTS IN MARCH, THE PRICE OF CRUDE OIL HAS JUMPED TO ALMOST $ 26 A BARREL, UP FROM LESS THAN $ 10 LAST DECEMBER.THIS NEAR-TRIPLING OF OIL PRICES CALLS UP SCARY MEMORIES OF THE 1973 OIL SHOCK, WHEN PRICES QUADRUPLED, AND 1979—1980, WHEN THEY ALSO ALMOST TRIPLE

D.BOTH【T10】______.SO WHERE ARE THE HEADLINES WARNING OF GLOOM AND DOOM THIS TIME? THE OIL PRICE WAS GIVEN ANOTHER PUSH UP THIS WEEK WHEN IRAQ SUSPENDED OIL EXPORTS.STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC GROWTH, AT THE SAME TIME AS WINTER GRIPS THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, COULD【T11】______. YET THERE ARE GOOD REASONS TO EXPECT THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES NOW TO BE LESS SEVERE THAN IN THE 1970S.IN MOST COUNTRIES THE COST OF CRUDE OIL NOW ACCOUNTS FOR A SMALLER SHAREOF THE PRICE OF PETROL THAN IT DID IN THE 1970S.IN EUROPE,【T12】_______, SO EVEN QUITE BIGCHANGES IN THE PRICE OF CRUDE HAVE A MORE MUTED EFFECT ON PUMP PRICES THAN IN THE PAST.