| Doctors alone must make the final
decision whether to withdraw treatment, including artificial feeding, and allow
a terminally ill patient to die, according to British Medical Association
guidelines published yesterday. They must consult the family, take into account views of the patient and get a second medical opinion. But ultimately the responsibility rests with the doctor, and if the family disagrees it can only challenge his or her decision in the courts. Members of the BMA’s ethics committee, which produced the guidelines, said they were not a charter for euthanasia. "This is not about intending to kill people. It is about intending to withdraw what people believe to be useless or non-beneficial interventions," said Raanan Gillon, a GP and professor of medical ethics at Imperial College, London. "It is the difference between foresee A. (A) make it legal for a doctor to promote the premature death of a terminally iii patient B. (B) are not intended to hasten the death of a terminally iii patient C. (C) facilitate the medical killing of terminally iii patients D. (D) encourage the deliberate ending of life by careless doctors [单项选择]（）,she will stick to her decision.
A. Somehow B. Somewhat C. Anyhow D. Anywhere [单项选择]
[听力原文] A. The bus. B. The taxi. C. The subway. D. The train. [填空题]The boss said that the decision（）(make) in half an hour.
我来回答: 提交
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