Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Involuntary Euthanasia

The act or practice of killing or withholding life-sustaining treatment from a person with a medical condition, especially PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, without INFORMED CONSENT, despite the MENTAL COMPETENCY of the person to give consent.

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Abstract

The act or practice of killing or withholding life-sustaining treatment from a person with a medical condition, especially PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, without INFORMED CONSENT, despite the MENTAL COMPETENCY of the person to give consent.

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1 entry terms
  • Euthanasia, Involuntary

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Aspects Covered

4 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods.

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Indexing Annotation

Nazi Euthanasia Program goes here; coordinate with NATIONAL SOCIALISM

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History Note

2019: use EUTHANASIA 1977-2018

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  1. I01w.198w.240w.250w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Involuntary Euthanasia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000078625. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000078625
  2. Involuntary Euthanasia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary_euthanasia
  3. Involuntary Euthanasia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6061403