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ACTIVE EUTHANASIA
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Descriptor
English
:
Euthanasia, Active
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Eutanasia Activa
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Eutanásia Ativa
Synonyms
English
:
Active Euthanasia
Tree Number:
E02.760.905.199.249
I01.880.735.344.500.249
N02.421.585.905.199.500
Definition
English
:
The act or practice of killing for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a
person
or animal from incurable
disease
, intolerable suffering, or undignified death. (from Beauchamp and Walters, Contemporary Issues in
Bioethics
, 5th ed)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
human only
See Related
English
:
Euthanasia, Passive
Suicide, Assisted
History Note
English
:
2002
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CL
classification
ES
ethics
HI
history
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
MT
methods
PX
psychology
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
VE
veterinary
Record Number:
36290
Unique Identifier:
D028601
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