Topics: Issues : End-of-Life
End of Life issues in society have to do with whether death occurs "naturally," the quality of life near death, and who determines and who chooses among the alternatives for living or dying near the end of one's life.
Euthanasia
"Euthanasia" is often used to refer to all of the forms of hastened death:*Physician assisted dying - a physician provides a competent, terminally ill patient with a prescription for a lethal dose of medication*Mercy killing - an individual, usually a close relative or friend, ends the life of another who is suffering*"Self deliverance" - a terminally ill individual ends his or her own life without the prescription of a lethal dose of medication*Voluntary euthanasia - a physician responds to a terminally ill patient's request for a hasten death by ADMINISTERING a lethal dose of medication to the patient*Involuntary euthanasia - a physician administers a lethal dose of medication to a patient, without an explicit request from the patient*Passive euthanasia - a patient's death is hastened by the removal or withholding of treatments or life support
Anti-Euthanasia,
Assisted Suicide,
Pro-Euthanasia,
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Infanticide
This category is for sites about the killing of infants.
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Right to Die
This category is for sites which promote the right to die, assisted suicide, or mercy killing; and for sites about organizations and people who support that belief or have acted out of it.
People,
Polling,
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Right to Life
This category is for general right to life sites which take a pro-life stance on abortion, euthanasia, infanticide, and other life issues.
Organizations,
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