Euthanasia (Mercy Killing)

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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Networked: 1161 relevant articles (15 outcomes, 82 trials/studies)

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Experts

1.	Deliens, Luc: 17 articles (02/2015 - 06/2004)
2.	Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje D: 16 articles (08/2015 - 08/2004)
3.	van der Heide, Agnes: 12 articles (08/2015 - 08/2004)
4.	van der Wal, Gerrit: 12 articles (10/2014 - 05/2002)
5.	Bilsen, Johan: 11 articles (02/2012 - 06/2004)
6.	Cohen, Joachim: 8 articles (02/2015 - 02/2010)
7.	Rietjens, Judith A C: 8 articles (01/2015 - 08/2004)
8.	Chambaere, Kenneth: 7 articles (02/2015 - 06/2010)
9.	Mortier, Freddy: 7 articles (10/2012 - 06/2004)
10.	Rurup, Mette L: 7 articles (02/2012 - 07/2005)

Related Diseases

1.	Pain (Aches) 09/01/2011 - "Relief from unbearable pain and suffering was the most commonly (80.3%) cited reason for being willing to consider the option of euthanasia. " 07/01/1998 - "Both groups preferred better pain control and improved quality of life rather than euthanasia, but more oncologists than non-oncologists favored this alternative. " 12/01/2013 - "Contrary to the popular reasons assigned in the literature of the Western world, with respect to the practice or quest for legalization of euthanasia as being a necessity for providing relief from pain or hopeless quality of life, empirical data from social and anthropological studies conducted in Ghana reveal that poverty is the motivation for informal euthanasia practice in Ghana rather than genuine desire on part of patients to die or their relatives to see to their accelerated death. " 01/01/2015 - "This study investigated the level of support for voluntary and nonvoluntary euthanasia under three conditions of suffering (pain; debilitated nature of the body; burden on the family) experienced by oneself, a significant other, and a person in general. " 09/01/2011 - "A majority of the doctors in this study supported euthanasia for the relief of unbearable pain and suffering. "
2.	Neoplasms (Cancer) 12/01/2014 - "The current study investigates the attitudes of bereaved family members of cancer patients towards euthanasia. " 05/01/2012 - "Suffering and euthanasia: a qualitative study of dying cancer patients' perspectives." 12/01/2011 - "Recruiting end-of-life cancer patients in the Netherlands for a study on suffering and euthanasia requests." 08/01/2011 - "This study aimed to assess the prevalence of depression in end-of-life cancer patients requesting euthanasia in primary care, as well as to assess the relationship between depression and requesting euthanasia. " 10/01/2008 - "The aim of this study was to investigate the opinions of physicians and nurses on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in advanced cancer patients in Greece. "
3.	Dislocations 11/01/2014 - "In our hands, euthanasia by cervical dislocation improved fertilization rates and consequently reduced the number of egg-donor mice required." 10/01/2003 - "Cervical dislocation (without prior anesthesia) rather than CO2 inhalation as a means of euthanasia has been justified on the basis of the increased yield of viable ova, but controlled studies have not directly supported this contention. " 01/01/2013 - "The euthanasia was realized by cervical dislocation. " 05/01/2012 - "Assessing cervical dislocation as a humane euthanasia method in mice." 04/01/2012 - "In light of these results, we conclude that cervical dislocation is the best method of mouse euthanasia for obtaining intact oocytes for biomedical research."
4.	Infection 11/01/2013 - "FB1 aggravated the progression of infection, as demonstrated by severe illness requiring euthanasia observed in 1 pig and evidence of progressive pathology in 2 pigs (group MF) between study days 44 and 58." 11/15/2015 - "However, other comorbidities (eg, systemic infections and visual deficits) negatively affected the rehabilitation of raptors and sometimes resulted in euthanasia despite the fact that the tibiotarsal fracture had healed, and those comorbidities, along with the variables evaluated (eg, age, sex, and nature of the fracture), should be used as triage criteria and prognostic indicators. " 07/01/2015 - "A total of 63 mice belonging to 33 different mice strains, from severe immunodeficient to wild-type, were found to display infections as the primary cause leading to their euthanasia. " 01/01/2015 - "Mice were divided into groups according to time of euthanasia (24, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144, and 168 hours of infection). " 01/01/2015 - "Infection resolved in 15/18 cases (83.3%) and 2/18 (11.1%) were subjected to euthanasia. "
5.	Inflammation 03/01/2014 - "Administration of PG-PS to female Lewis rats caused acute joint inflammation after 4 days, followed by remission by day 8. The animals subsequently developed chronic joint inflammation that persisted until euthanasia at day 21. " 10/01/2006 - "To study whether delayed apoptosis results in an increase in the number of mucous cells during disease recovery, six RAO-affected and six control horses were fed hay for 5 days to induce inflammation and then pellets for 7 days to partially resolve RAO before euthanasia. " 03/01/2013 - "Ocular inflammation was assessed till euthanasia at day 71 after s.c. " 05/01/2012 - "Vitreal aspirates were regularly collected and grading of ocular inflammation was regularly performed until euthanasia on day 7. In the DAP 0.2 group, 62.5% of the eyes were sterilized and the mean bacterial count presented a reduction of 1 log unit. " 12/01/2011 - "In contrast, 64% of Cd39+/- and 84% of Cd39-null mice required euthanasia or died within 4 h post-reperfusion with liver damage and systemic inflammation associated with hypercytokinemia. "

Related Drugs and Biologics

1.	salicylhydroxamic acid (SHAM)
2.	Nitrogen
3.	Adrenal Cortex Hormones (Corticosteroids)
4.	Prednisolone (Predate)
5.	Omeprazole (Esomeprazole)
6.	Isoflurane
7.	Carbon Dioxide
8.	Carbon Monoxide
9.	Collagen
10.	Dihydrotachysterol (AT 10)

Related Therapies and Procedures

1.	Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy)
2.	Amputation
3.	Assisted Suicide (Physician Assisted Suicide)
4.	Anesthesia
5.	Palliative Care (Palliative Medicine)