Death, Dying and Bereavement, Chapter 13 -2

On page 343, of your text is a question, to the left of the Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide topic (labeled: "Your Thoughts?").

"Considering both courses of action will result in death, why is it harder to stop life support once started, even when determined to be futile, then to have never started it?"

Addressing various end-of-life decisions that will all end in the same result, begin your response by discussing:  the importance of advance directives, and arguments for: hospice, active/passive euthanasia, and physician-assisted suicide. Then, answer the question above...