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... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Social Problems > Crime > Homicide > Euthanasia > Euthanasia, Active
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Criminology > Crime > Homicide > Euthanasia > Euthanasia, Active
Therapeutics > Patient Care > Terminal Care > Euthanasia > Euthanasia, Active
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Euthanasia, Active  

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  • Active Euthanasia

Note

  • human only

Scope note

  • 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)

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  • 2002

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D028601

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