Jerry is in a persistent vegetative state, kept alive through a respirator. He has a living will, which says that if Jerry is ever in a persistent vegetative state, the respirator should not be provided. However, the physician in charge believes that removal of the respirator is physician-assisted suicide. Is the physician correct? Why or why not?

Select one:

a. No, removal of the respirator is only passive euthanasia

b. Yes, removal of the respirator is physician-assisted suicide

c. Yes, removal of the respirator is active euthanasia

d. No, because people in a persistent vegetative state are already legally dead