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
3
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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