Euthanasia and assisted dying

Question 1

Voluntary Euthanasia

Answer 1

A patient gives explicit consent and requests euthanasia

Question 2

Non-voluntary

Answer 2

Euthanasia when a patient is unable to consent, ex. a young child or someone in a long term coma

Question 3

Active

Answer 3

Something is done to cause the patients death, ex. a lethal injection

Question 4

Passive

Answer 4

Withholding what is needed to keep the patient alive, ex. turning off patients life support or not giving life saving medication

Question 5

Assisted dying

Answer 5

A patient asks for help to end their life, though the last action must be the patients own, for ex. a doctor may provide lethal medication but the patient must drink it themselves

Question 6

Euthanasia

Answer 6

A greek word that literally means ‘good death.’ The term is usually used to refer to the painless ending of another person’s life, often someone who is terminally ill, to prevent further pain/suffering.