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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)
Also Known As:
Mercy Killing; Killing, Mercy; Killings, Mercy; Mercy Killings
Networked: 2287 relevant articles (32 outcomes, 171 trials/studies)

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Therapy Context: Research Results

Experts

1. Deliens, Luc: 38 articles (07/2018 - 06/2004)
2. Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje D: 36 articles (10/2020 - 08/2003)
3. van der Heide, Agnes: 26 articles (10/2021 - 08/2003)
4. Cohen, Joachim: 23 articles (07/2018 - 08/2006)
5. van der Wal, Gerrit: 22 articles (10/2014 - 05/2002)
6. Bilsen, Johan: 21 articles (07/2014 - 06/2004)
7. Chambaere, Kenneth: 16 articles (01/2022 - 09/2009)
8. Pasman, H Roeline W: 15 articles (10/2020 - 06/2006)
9. Rietjens, Judith A C: 14 articles (01/2019 - 08/2003)
10. Mortier, Freddy: 13 articles (03/2015 - 06/2004)

Related Diseases

1. Death (Near-Death Experience)
2. 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. "
01/01/2021 - "Common themes were dying at the preferred place, relief from pain and psychological distress, emotional support from loved ones, autonomous treatment decision making, avoidance of futile life-prolonging interventions and of being a burden to others, right to assisted suicide or euthanasia, effective communication with professionals, and performance of rituals. "
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. "
10/10/2023 - "This study aimed to evaluate pain associated with six methods of euthanasia in Wistar rats (injectable, inhalational, and physical), by applying the Rat Grimace Scale (RGS), comparing the scores, and determining the method with the highest score that might indicate pain for laboratory rodents. "
3. Infections
4. Neoplasms (Cancer)
5. Inflammation (Inflammations)

Related Drugs and Biologics

1. Anesthetics (Anesthetic Agents)
2. salicylhydroxamic acid (SHAM)
3. Clove Oil (Oil of Cloves)
4. Morphine (MS Contin)
5. Nitrogen
6. Antioxidants
7. Adrenal Cortex Hormones (Corticosteroids)
8. Interleukin-6 (Interleukin 6)
9. Sodium
10. Creatinine

Related Therapies and Procedures

1. Assisted Suicide (Physician Assisted Suicide)
2. Therapeutics
3. Palliative Care (Palliative Therapy)
4. Intranasal Administration
5. Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy)