Euthanasia Flashcards

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What is Passive Euthanasia?

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Passive Euthanasia is to withdraw or withhold medical treatment deliberately to allow a patient to die

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What is Active Euthanasia?

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Active Euthanasia is when a person directly and deliberately causes a persons death e.g. a lethal dose of morphine

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What is Voluntary Euthanasia?

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Euthanasia is carried out at the request of the person who dies

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What is In-voluntary Euthanasia?

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In-voluntary Euthanasia is when the person who dies wants to live but is killed anyway

It is usually the same as murder but not always

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