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Passive euthanasia occurs when a patient is intentionally let to die, for example by withholding artificial life-supporting treatment (e.g. ventilation or nutritional support). Passive euthanasia may be voluntary (when the patient consents), which is legal in the USA, or involuntary (when the patient does not consent).
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Passive euthanasia
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Manslaughter is the crime of ending someone's life unintentionally or without planning.
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e
Manslaughter
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Active euthanasia is when a presume deliberately does something that causes the death of a patient, for example directly administering the patient with a lethal dose of a drug that results in their death.
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Active euthanasia
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Involuntary euthanasia is the term used when the person does not want to die. Passive euthanasia may be voluntary or involuntary.
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Involuntary euthanasia
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Assisted suicide describes assisting someone with a long-term progressive condition, or without illness, to end their life. In cases of assisted suicide, the fatal action/drug dose is self-administered. For example, the partner of a terminally ill patient stockpiling enough paracetamol for the patient to self-administer a fatal dose.
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Assisted suicide
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Euthanasia
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Ethics and Law
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Which legal term best describes the action of intentionally leaving a patient to die, for example by withholding artificial life-supporting treatment?
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