Euthanasia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
|
Euthanasia (from the Greek ευθανασία meaning "good death": ευ -, eu- (well or good) + θάνατος , thanatos (death)) refers to the practice of ending a life in a painless manner. Many different fo...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia
|
|
|
Assisted Suicide, also called Voluntary Euthanasia, is currently a contentious issue in many countries. The question in the debate is this: if a terminally ill person decides that they wish to end their life, is it acceptable for others to assist them?
|
www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_details.php?topicID=55
|
|
|
|
Information about the society and its activities. Includes living wills to download, fact sheets, and academic and news articles. ... NEW - Judith Shires story ... Lisa Cook story...
|
|
|
|
Advocates of legalised euthanasia usually insist that they only want voluntary euthanasia (VE) - they say they are as opposed to the taking of life without the subject's knowledge or consent, that is, non-voluntary euthanasia (NVE), as anyone else.
|
www.hospicecare.com/Ethics/pollard2.htm
|
|
"Voluntary euthanasia" is when the patient requests that action be taken to end his life, or that life-saving treatment be stopped, with full knowledge that this will lead to his death.
|
www.pregnantpause.org/euth/types.htm
|
|
essay on voluntary euthanasia ... Voluntary euthanasia can further be divided into two categories: passive voluntary which is the specifically requested withholding of unwanted medical treatment, and active voluntary which is the deliberate action of killing the patient at that patient's informed request.
|
members.tripod.com/~Amis_Lee/fallingtree/eu.html
|
|
One of the UK's leading medical ethicists, Emeritus Professor Len Doyal, has called for the legalisation of voluntary and non-voluntary euthanasia in Britain. Writing in The Royal Socie ... "Proponents of voluntary euthanasia should support non-voluntary euthanasia under appropriate circumstances and with proper regulation",
|
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/44651.php
|
|
Killing Me Softly: Voluntary Euthanasia and the Road to the Peaceful Pill (Paperback) ... Nitschke, P. and Stewart, F. (2005) Killing Me Softly, Voluntary Euthanasia and the Road to the Peaceful Pill, Penguin Books, Australia. This is a very powerful book. Its viewpoint will outrage some whilst making others' blood boil.
|
www.amazon.com/Killing-Me-Softly-Voluntary-Euthanasia/d...
www.amazon.com/Killing-Me-Softly-Voluntary-Euthanasia/dp/B000B78LVC
|
|
.JPG){kind=link}