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Home » Society » Issues » End-of-Life » Euthanasia 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*Active euthanasia - a patient's death is hastened by treatments given or administered to the patient
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| Euthanasia - Death and Dying Net Links - Links to sites about Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, on About.com.
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| | Ethical Issues in Terminal Health Care - Articles and essays on patients' rights, Ethics Committees, the Right-to-Die Debate, and Physician Assisted Suicide.
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| | Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide - All sides - A thorough site with varying perspectives on the right to die, public opinion polls, and religious beliefs about hastened dying.
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| | Voluntary Euthanasia - By Robert Young, La Trobe University.
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| | Euthanasia - A guide for an ethicist - Designed by students, this site contains essays on a number of issues in the right to die debate.
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| | BBC News - Euthanasia Special Report - Guide to end-of-life choice includes basic concepts, international laws, for and against perspectives, case studies, and news articles and audio.
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| | Euthanasia: the debate continues - Professors at the Malaspina University-College (British Columbia, Canada) present arguments for and against hastened dying.
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| | Euthanasia - Contemporary applied ethical issue considering whether it is morally permissible for a third party to end the life of a terminally ill patient who is in intense pain.
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| | The Sydney Morning Herald - Euthanasia Debate - Articles about end-of-life choice campaigns and individuals who have hastened their deaths.
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| | Death and Dying - Euthanasia - Links to general information about hastened dying.
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| | Euthanasia: The Right To Die Vs. The Right To Life - Radio Netherlands' explanation of the Dutch experience with end-of-life decision making.
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| | The Right to Die? - An introduction to the issue of end-of-life choice for students learning English.
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| | International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide - Addressing the issues of euthanasia, assisted suicide, advance directives, assisted suicide proposals, "right-to-die" cases, euthanasia practices in the Netherlands, disability rights, and pain control. Features news, articles and education.
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| | When Death is Sought - Includes the epidemiology of suicide, law, ethical debate, public policy, and caring for the severely ill. From the New York State Department of Health
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