Euthanasia

Euthanasia (Greek: ?????????, "good death") is the practice of killing a person or animal, in a painless or minimally painful way, for merciful reasons, usually to end their suffering. This article discusses euthanasia in humans; a separate article covers animal euthanasia.

External links

;For euthanasia

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• Compassion & Choices - provides education, support and advocacy for the choice-in-dying movement
• World Federation of Right To Die Societies
• Assisted Suicide
• End of Life Choices
• Voluntary Euthanasia- Atheist Foundation of Australia Inc
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry
• A defense of euthanasia

;Against euthanasia:

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• euthanasia.com
• National Right to Life articles on euthanasia
• International Task Force against Euthanasia- many resources
• Non-religious arguments against euthanasia

;Netherlands:

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• Official:
• Ministry of Justice brochure on euthanasia and PAS (PDF, in Dutch)
• Ministry of Health on euthanasia and PAS
• Joint annual report 2003 of the Regional Euthanasia Review Conmmittees (PDF)
• For:
• Right to Die-NL - Dutch union for voluntary termination of life NVVE
• NRC Handelblad April 14, 2001 interview of Els Borst: Transparency in Euthanasia- Note that this is from an anti-euthanasia web site, but claims to be merely a translation of a Dutch article. Els Borst is a prominent Dutch advocate of Euthanasia.
• Against:
• Clinical Problems with the Performance of Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide in the Netherlands, NEJM, February 24, 2000
• Consultants or Facilitators? Medical Journal of Australia, 1999 Editorial- Cites original research, including that on alternative palliative care
• Wall Street Journal Article on Dutch Euthanasia The article claims that unofficial Euthanasia is performed on as many as sixteen adults per day (90% of adult physician-assisted deaths), and 8% of all infants, often without patient consultation, according to Dutch statistics. This source claims that many old Dutch people are afraid to go to the hospital.
• Weekly Standard Article Claiming Unauthorized Euthanasia of Dutch Infants
• December 18, 2000 National Review Opinion, Wesley Smith- Cites statistics showing frequent involuntary physician-assisted deaths in the Netherlands.

;Oregon:

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• Oregon's Death with Dignity Act (State Website)

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