Active Euthanasia

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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Networked: 26 relevant articles (0 outcomes, 3 trials/studies)

Therapy Context: Research Results

Experts

1.	Freckelton, Ian: 1 article (09/2014)
2.	Röbel, Andreas: 1 article (01/2013)
3.	Giezeman, Ariane: 1 article (01/2013)
4.	Laux, Johannes: 1 article (01/2013)
5.	van Dijk, Gert: 1 article (01/2013)
6.	Ultee, Fred: 1 article (01/2013)
7.	Hamers, Raoul: 1 article (01/2013)
8.	Parzeller, Markus: 1 article (01/2013)
9.	Han, Kyung Hee: 1 article (07/2011)
10.	Park, Sohee: 1 article (07/2011)

Related Diseases

1.	Neoplasms (Cancer) 03/01/2000 - "The results of this study support the assumption given in the earlier literature that attitudes toward active euthanasia are most positive where terminally ill cancer patients are concerned." 03/01/2000 - "This qualitative study describes the attitudes of four groups of people in cancer care toward active euthanasia. " 09/01/2009 - "We retrospectively studied the frequency and basis of patients' requests for active euthanasia in the oncology setting.MethodsRecurrent requests for euthanasia made by the patients of Leon-Berard cancer center (Lyon, France) between 2001 and 2003 were recorded by questioning the physicians and nurse supervisors in charge or by collecting information from the minutes of multidisciplinary palliative care meetings. " 03/17/2000 - "Active euthanasia was accepted by a clear majority, if preconditions of a voluntary decision by a mentally sound person and incurable, terminal disease (cancer) are cumulatively fulfilled. " 03/01/2000 - "Attitudes of cancer patients, their family members and health professionals toward active euthanasia."
2.	Pain (Aches) 03/01/2000 - "By implication, the study suggests that improving patients' awareness of the possibilities to relieve pain, anxiety and dyspnoea during the final days of life is an important way to reduce requests for active euthanasia." 01/01/2013 - "Medically indicated pain treatment which has a potential or certain life-shortening effect (indirect active euthanasia) is permitted under certain conditions: if there are no alternative and equally suitable treatment options without the risk of shortening the patient's life, if the patient has given his consent to the treatment and if the physician does not act with the intention to kill. " 07/12/2011 - "We administered a questionnaire to four groups about their attitudes toward five end-of-life interventions--withdrawal of futile life-sustaining treatment, active pain control, withholding of life-sustaining measures, active euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. " 01/01/2009 - "Presented with a situation of a terminally ill patient in considerable pain, 65.1% of the students supported or strongly supported withdrawal of life-sustaining technology (passive euthanasia), 34.3% supported the physician providing the means of death to the patient (physician-assisted death), and 28.3% supported the physician actually administering a lethal injection (active euthanasia). " 01/01/1997 - "In the decision making concerning active euthanasia the persons with positive attitude emphasized the meaning of terminal illness, the existence of suffering and pain and the self-determination of the person. "
3.	Breast Neoplasms (Breast Cancer) 01/07/1998 - "A case history of a breast cancer patient is used to exemplify ethical dilemmas in medical oncology: information of a cancer patient and his family, ethical problems with genetic testing, ethical issues with do-not-resuscitate-orders, ethical dilemmas with limited resources, problems with insurance companies, ethical issues in clinical trials and questions in dying patients including physician-assisted suicide and active euthanasia. "
4.	Spinal Dysraphism (Spina Bifida) 04/06/1996 - "[Active euthanasia in newborn infants with spina bifida?]." 04/06/1996 - "[Active euthanasia in newborn children with spina bifida?]." 04/06/1996 - "[Active euthanasia in newborn infants with spina bifida?]." 02/10/1996 - "[Active euthanasia in newborn infants with spina bifida?]."
5.	Akinetic Mutism (Coma Vigil) 03/01/2008 - "[Active euthanasia for patients in coma vigilans?]." 07/01/2007 - "This single investigation which was restricted to patients suffering from coma vigil and to employees of the public health service, does not prove that the total population has generally changed its attitude toward active euthanasia. " 07/01/2007 - "An examination was made concerning doctors' and nursing staff's attitudes towards active euthanasia of patients suffering from coma vigil (2652 doctors and 5785 nursing staff were interviewed). "

Related Drugs and Biologics

1.	Potassium
2.	Morphine (MS Contin)

Related Therapies and Procedures

1.	Assisted Suicide (Physician Assisted Suicide)
2.	Resuscitation Orders (Do Not Resuscitate Orders)
3.	Passive Euthanasia
4.	Euthanasia (Mercy Killing)
5.	Withholding Treatment