"Euthanasia, Active" 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 for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person or animal from incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified death. (from Beauchamp and Walters, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 5th ed)
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D028601
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.905.199.249 I01.880.735.344.500.249 N02.421.585.905.199.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Euthanasia, Active" by people in Profiles.
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Characterizing 18 Years of the Death With Dignity Act in Oregon. JAMA Oncol. 2017 10 01; 3(10):1403-1406.
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The Groningen Protocol: is it necessary? Is it scientific? Is it ethical? J Perinat Med. 2009; 37(3):199-205.
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Dying patients and palliative sedation. JAMA. 2006 Mar 15; 295(11):1249-50; author reply 1250.
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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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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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Semantic and moral debates about hastening death: a survey of bioethicists. J Clin Ethics. 1997; 8(3):242-9.