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QE31
Preferred Label
euthanasia
euthanasieCategory label
EuthanasiaEuthanasieCISMeF acronym
LATAQ-Code scope note
the act of shortening life to relieve suffering. Euthanasia may be voluntary (the sufferer asks for measures to end his/her life), active (by administration of a drug), or passive (by deliberate withholding of treatment). (Woncadic) acte d'abréger la vie pour soulager la souffrance. L'euthanasie peut être volontaire (la victime demande des mesures pour mettre fin à sa vie), actif (par l'administration d'un médicament) ou passive (par suspension délibérée du traitement). (Woncadic)Q-Code conceptual content
Advance Directives ; Declarations by patients, made in advance of a situation in which they may be incompetent to decide about their own care, stating their treatment preferences or authorizing a third party to make decisions for them. (Bioethics Thesaurus) (MeSH)Euthanasia ; The act or practice of killing or allowing death from natural causes, for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person from incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified death. (from Beauchamp and Walters, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 5th ed)(MeSH)EUTHANASIA the act of shortening life to relieve suffering. Euthanasia may be voluntary (the sufferer asks for measures to end his life), active (e.g. by administration of a drug), or passive (by deliberate withholding of treatment).(Woncadic)Living Wills ; Written, witnessed declarations in which persons request that if they become disabled beyond reasonable expectation of recovery, they be allowed to die rather than be kept alive by extraordinary means. (Bioethics Thesaurus) (MeSH)CISMeF synonym
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Donker GA, Slotman FG, Spreeuwenberg P, Francke AL. Palliative sedation in Dutch general practice from 2005 to 2011: a dynamic cohort study of trends and reasons. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners. 2013; 63(615): e669-75. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24152481
Ladouceur R. Can we talk about euthanasia without dying of it?. Canadian family physician Médecin de famille canadien. 2010; 56(4): 311, 312. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20393079
Smets T, Bilsen J, Cohen J, Rurup ML, Mortier F, Deliens L. Reporting of euthanasia in medical practice in Flanders, Belgium: cross sectional analysis of reported and unreported cases. BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 2010; 341: c5174. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20923842
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