Euthanasia, Active
"Euthanasia, Active" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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D028601
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E02.760.905.199.249 I01.880.735.344.500.249 N02.421.585.905.199.500
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Emanuel EJ, Daniels ER, Fairclough DL, Clarridge BR. The practice of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in the United States: adherence to proposed safeguards and effects on physicians. JAMA. 1998 Aug 12; 280(6):507-13.
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