Explain the difference between euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and the ethical debates surrounding them.

Explain the difference between euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and the ethical debates surrounding them.

• A. Euthanasia is patient self-administered; PAS is clinician-administered.
• B. Euthanasia involves a clinician actively causing death; PAS involves the patient self-administering lethal means with the clinician providing means; debates center on autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and the physician's role.
• C. They are legally identical in all jurisdictions.
• D. There is no ethical debate about either practice.

Answer: (B)