Question

Tom was in a major car accident and, as a result, cannot live without being hooked up to a respirator. after several months, tom's parents decide to have the respirator turned off and tom dies 2 days later. this is an example of:

Answer 1

This is an example of passive euthanasia.
Euthanasia is mercy killing - when somebody is in a lot of pain and there is no cure for it, so they are killed (in some countries, this is legal, in some, it is not). Passive euthanasia means that a person is allowed to die - a treatment that has been keeping them alive is suddenly stopped (as in the case above, when Tom's respirator was turned off).