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Therapeutics > Patient Care > Withholding Treatment > Euthanasia, Passive
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Patient Care > Withholding Treatment > Euthanasia, Passive
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Social Problems > Crime > Homicide > Euthanasia > Euthanasia, Passive
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Criminology > Crime > Homicide > Euthanasia > Euthanasia, Passive
Therapeutics > Patient Care > Terminal Care > Euthanasia > Euthanasia, Passive
... > Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Patient Care > Terminal Care > Euthanasia > Euthanasia, Passive

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Euthanasia, Passive  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Allowing to Die
  • Euthanasia, Negative
  • Negative Euthanasia
  • Passive Euthanasia

Note

  • human only; differentiate entry term ALLOWING TO DIE from RIGHT TO DIE

Scope note

  • Failing to prevent death from natural causes, for reasons of mercy by the withdrawal or withholding of life-prolonging treatment.

History note

  • 90(78); was see under EUTHANASIA 1978-89

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005066

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