"Euthanasia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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)
| Descriptor ID |
D005065
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.905.199 I01.880.735.344.500 N02.421.585.905.199
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| Concept/Terms |
Euthanasia- Euthanasia
- Mercy Killing
- Killing, Mercy
- Killings, Mercy
- Mercy Killings
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Euthanasia" by people in Profiles.
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Physicians' Professionally Responsible Power: A Core Concept of Clinical Ethics. J Med Philos. 2016 Feb; 41(1):1-9.
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Medicine and the Holocaust. Clin Dermatol. 2010 Nov-Dec; 28(6):697-8.
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I know about Jack and you're no Jack Kevorkian. J Vasc Surg. 2010 Aug; 52(2):489-90.
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Smooth and cardiac muscle-selective knock-out of Kruppel-like factor 4 causes postnatal death and growth retardation. J Biol Chem. 2010 Jul 02; 285(27):21175-84.
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Attitudes and practices of U.S. oncologists regarding euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Ann Intern Med. 2000 Oct 03; 133(7):527-32.
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Withdrawing very low-burden interventions in chronically ill patients. JAMA. 2000 Feb 23; 283(8):1061-3.
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Discussing disease progression and end-of-life decisions. Oncology (Williston Park). 1999 Jul; 13(7):1021-31; discussion 1031-6, 1038.
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Relationship between race start characteristics and risk of catastrophic injury in thoroughbreds: 78 cases (1992). J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1998 Feb 15; 212(4):544-9.
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Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: a comparative survey of physicians, terminally ill cancer patients, and the general population. J Clin Oncol. 1997 Feb; 15(2):418-27.
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Medical ethics in the future: commentary on Andre De Vries. Metamedicine. 1982 Feb; 3(1):129-33.