Topics: End-of-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
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Assisted Suicide
"Assisted suicide" or "physician assisted suicide" generally refer to the process by which a mentally competent, terminally ill individual uses a lethal dose of medication, prescribed by a physician, to hasten his or her death.
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Pro-Euthanasia
This category is for stand-alone websites that advocate for end-of-life choice (a.k.a. the "right to die," "euthanasia," and "physician assisted dying").
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