euthanasia key terms

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ACTIVE EUTHANASIA when a person deliberately causes a patients death

PASSIVE EUTHANASIA just letting someone die, eg. withholding treatment

VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA carried out at the request of the person wanting to die

NON VOLUNTARY when the person cannot make the choice for themselves and the decision is made for them

INVOLUNTARY when a person wants to live but is killed anyway

palliative care

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