 Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary
"Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Active euthanasia of a patient at the patient's request and/or with the patient's consent.
| Descriptor ID |
D033101
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.905.199.249.200 I01.880.735.344.500.249.200 N02.421.585.905.199.500.200
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary".
- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
- Therapeutics [E02]
- Patient Care [E02.760]
- Terminal Care [E02.760.905]
- Euthanasia [E02.760.905.199]
- Euthanasia, Active [E02.760.905.199.249]
- Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary [E02.760.905.199.249.200]
- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
- Social Sciences [I01]
- Sociology [I01.880]
- Social Problems [I01.880.735]
- Homicide [I01.880.735.344]
- Euthanasia [I01.880.735.344.500]
- Euthanasia, Active [I01.880.735.344.500.249]
- Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary [I01.880.735.344.500.249.200]
- Health Care [N]
- Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
- Health Services [N02.421]
- Patient Care [N02.421.585]
- Terminal Care [N02.421.585.905]
- Euthanasia [N02.421.585.905.199]
- Euthanasia, Active [N02.421.585.905.199.500]
- Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary [N02.421.585.905.199.500.200]
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary".
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary" by people in Profiles.
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Emanuel EJ, Fairclough DL, Emanuel LL. Attitudes and desires related to euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide among terminally ill patients and their caregivers. JAMA. 2000 Nov 15; 284(19):2460-8.
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Emanuel EJ, Fairclough D, Clarridge BC, Blum D, Bruera E, Penley WC, Schnipper LE, Mayer RJ. Attitudes and practices of U.S. oncologists regarding euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Ann Intern Med. 2000 Oct 03; 133(7):527-32.
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Emanuel EJ, Fairclough DL, Slutsman J, Emanuel LL. Understanding economic and other burdens of terminal illness: the experience of patients and their caregivers. Ann Intern Med. 2000 Mar 21; 132(6):451-9.
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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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Emanuel EJ, Fairclough DL, Daniels ER, Clarridge BR. Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: attitudes and experiences of oncology patients, oncologists, and the public. Lancet. 1996 Jun 29; 347(9018):1805-10.
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