What is Euthanasia?

Question

specific cases in medicine and science

Answer 1

either painlessly putting to death or failing to prevent death from natural causes in cases of terminal illness or irreversible coma. The term comes from the Greek expression for "good death." Technological advances in medicine have made it possible to prolong life in patients with no hope of recovery, and the term negative euthanasia has arisen to classify the practice of withholding or withdrawing extraordinary means (e.g., intravenous feeding, respirators, and artificial kidney machines) to preserve life. Accordingly, the term positive euthanasia has come to refer to actions that actively cause death. The term passive euthanasia is used when certain common methods of treatment, such as antibiotics, drugs, or surgery, are withheld or a large quantity of needed but ultimately lethal pain medication is supplied.

Answer 2

Euthanasia is when some is killed to put him/her out of her misery. Usually the person has a life threatening illness.

Answer 3

Dr Kevorkian. Google him and you will probably find a lot of specific cases in medicine.

Answer 4

euthanasia is a chemical or variety of chemicals usually given through an I.V that will cause cardiac arrest, respritory failure and ultimately death. it is used when putting down animals, assisted suicide, and when a criminal is executed by lethal injection.

Answer 5

1920 The book "Permitting the Destruction of Life not Worthy of Life" was published.

In this book, authors Alfred Hoche, M.D., a professor of psychiatry at the University of Freiburg, and Karl Binding, a professor of law from the University of Leipzig, argued that patients who ask for "death assistance" should, under very carefully controlled conditions, be able to obtain it from a physician. This book helped support involuntary euthanasia by Nazi Germany.
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1935 The Euthanasia Society of England was formed to promote euthanasia.
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1939 Nazi Germany (From "The History Place" web site)

"In October of 1939 amid the turmoil of the outbreak of war Hitler ordered widespread "mercy killing" of the sick and disabled. Code named "Aktion T 4," the Nazi euthanasia program to eliminate "life unworthy of life" at first focused on newborns and very young children. Midwives and doctors were required to register children up to age three who showed symptoms of mental retardation, physical deformity, or other symptoms included on a questionnaire from the Reich Health Ministry."

"The Nazi euthanasia program quickly expanded to include older disabled children and adults. Hitler's decree of October, 1939, typed on his personal stationery and back dated to Sept. 1, enlarged 'the authority of certain physicians to be designated by name in such manner that persons who, according to human judgment, are incurable can, upon a most careful diagnosis of their condition of sickness, be accorded a mercy death.'"
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1995 Australia's Northern Territory approved a euthanasia bill

It went into effect in 1996 and was overturned by the Australian Parliament in 1997.
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1998 U.S. state of Oregon legalizes assisted suicide
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1999 Dr. Jack Kevorkian sentenced to a 10-25 year prison term for giving a lethal injection to Thomas Youk whose death was shown on the "60 Minutes" television program.
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2000 The Netherlands legalizes euthanasia.
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2002 Belgium legalizes euthanasia.

Answer 6

euthanasia is mercy killing in humans

Answer 7

Mercy killing simply put

Answer 8

i think it is synonymous with mercy killings

Answer 9

its putting something to death that is suffering so greatly that it is worse to be alive .

Answer 10

www.wikipedia.org

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www.google.com

try there.