"Passive euthanasia" is usually defined as withdrawing medical treatment with the deliberate intention of causing the patient's death. For example, if a patient requires kidney dialysis to survive, and the doctors disconnect the dialysis machine, the patient will presumably die fairly soon.
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Euthanasia, on the other hand, is usually separated into two categories: passive euthanasia and active euthanasia. In many jurisdictions, active euthanasia can be considered murder or MANSLAUGHTER, whereas passive euthanasia is accepted by professional medical societies, and by the law under certain circumstances.
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A comprehensive entry with background information on the issu ... Or consider ‘pulling the plug’ on an oxygen machine keeping an otherwise dying patient alive as against not replacing the tank when it runs out. Are these acts or omissions; are these cases of passive euthanasia or active euthanasia?
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What is euthanasia? Find the definition of euthanasia here. ... Voluntary Euthanasia refers to the action taken by the physician and the patient, who both agree (with informed consent) to end the patient's life.
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Abstract The traditional distinction between active and passive euthanasia requires critical analysis. The conventional doctrine is that there is such an important moral difference between the two that, although the lat­ter is sometimes permissible, the former is always forbidden.
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Nov 19, 2009 ... What is the halachic view of the recently proposed assisted-suicide bill?
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Initiative backed by doctors who decry delays in implementing law on physician-assisted suicide. ... After four years of Health Ministry "dawdling" in implementing the law allowing passive euthanasia of terminal patients who meet strict criteria, Meretz MK Haim Oron has prepared a bill to allow physician-assisted suicide.
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