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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)

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Tree Number(s): E02.760.905.199, I01.880.735.344.500, N02.421.585.905.199

MeSH Unique ID: D005065

Entry Terms:

  • Mercy Killing
  • Killing, Mercy
  • Killings, Mercy
  • Mercy Killings

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