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Multiple Choice: Chapter 53 Withdrawing and withholding Life-Sustaining care Question 1. People often receive inappropriate treatments to try to prolong life because: A Doctors swear a Hippocratic Oath that means they must preserve life at all costs B Doctors do not like to accept that the patient is dying because it appears that they have failed C Patients often ask for treatments to continue and patients have the right to decide what treatment they receive D Treatment decisions for people with deteriorating illness are often complex and it is not easy to know what action will cause the least suffering in the long term