Euthanasia (follow-up on \"The Terri Schiavo Thing\")

[=D.C.L.I=Everest]

=D.C.L.I=Everest Wrote:euthanasia, the right to die for the terminally ill who suffer.

[JR Wrote:]

Quote:eu?tha?na?sia (yth-nzh, -zh-)
n.

1. The act or practice of ending the life of an individual suffering from a terminal illness or an incurable condition, as by lethal injection or the suspension of extraordinary medical treatment.
2. A quiet, painless death.


Source: The American Heritage? Stedman\'s Medical Dictionary
Copyright ? 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Main Entry: eu?tha?na?sia
Pronunciation: "y?-th&-\'nA-zh&
Function: noun
: the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured persons in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy called also mercy killing —eu?tha?na?sic /-\'nA-zik, -sik/ adjective

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