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psychological factors such as depression loss of dignity feeling a burden or dislike of being Euthanasia is the 145intentional146 killing by an act or omission of a dependent human being for. Optimising . Welfare . BHS Welfare Officers Meeting, Durham 2012. Why euthanasia?. Euthanasia basically means ‘good death’. Old or diseased animals should be given the benefit of a good death to avoid suffering, where appropriate. BY: . Quinto. , Kevin Andrew. Tumapang. , . Mc. Arthur. What is mercy killing?. “Mercy killing” is simply another word for “euthanasia” in most English-language dictionaries. Euthanasia and, therefore, mercy killing is “the act of putting a person or animal to death painlessly or allowing them to die by . The Killing/Letting Die Argument. Rachels’ Project. Rachels argues that the American Medical Association’s distinction between active and passive killing is ethically unfounded.. Note that Rachels’ paper was published in a . in Germany. Where we have been…. Leprosy. HIV/AIDS. Eugenics. Tuskegee Trials. Eugenics. Late 19. th. century – Rise of Nation-States. Limited resources and economic hardship. Conflict on a global scale. εὐθανασία. . : The Good Death. Active vs. Passive Euthanasia. Active: . “(U)sing certain death-causing means to bring about or cause the death of a person” (p.139). Passive:. “Withholding or withdrawing certain treatment and letting a patient die.” (p.139). Glossary of terms about Euthanasia. Voluntary euthanasia. When the person who is killed requested to be killed. Non-voluntary euthanasia. When the person who is killed made no request and gave no consent. Favouring. . legalisation. , in line . with. the . choises. made . by. the . Belgian. . legislator. Julie Leroy . “ I hope I . shall. never . need. . to. . ask. . for. it. But I . also. hope . Course Outline. Medicine in Germany during the Third Reich (1933-1945) . Eugenics: Healing by Killing in America and Germany. Medicine after the Holocaust: From the Master Race to the Human Genome and Beyond.. The . play is being presented at . Metropolitan Library System libraries in central Oklahoma.. 'Nothing . But Mercy' tells story of integration of Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. “Nothing But Mercy” is essentially about the confrontation between a nurse and the nun and, on a deeper level, the conflict between the unjust Jim Crow laws of that time and the laws of God followed by the Sisters of Mercy.. Overview of practices and current challenges. Marie Nicolini MD MSc. Postdoctoral fellow. Department of Bioethics. NIH. Disclaimer. The views expressed in this talk are my own. . They do not represent the position or policy . Euthanasia comes from the Greek words: . Eu (good) . and . Thanatosis (death) . and it means "Good Death, "Gentle and Easy Death." This word has come to be used for "mercy killing.. It is the act or practice of ending a life of a person either by a deadly injection or suspension of medical treatment.. WHAT IS EUTHANASIA. The term “euthanasia” means mercy killing. The term was first used in medical context by Francis Bacon in the 17th century. His usage was employed to mean “easy, painless, happy death during which the physician has the “responsibility to alleviate the ‘physical suffering’ of the body.. Non Religious Arguments . Read the sheet carefully and answer the following Qs:. Explain why Singer says it is worse to kill a “self conscious being” than a “merely conscious being”.. Why should voluntary euthanasia not cause people to be fearful? How can voluntary euthanasia ease peoples’ fear?. Sophie DiCesare. Media Event. California recently passed an act that makes euthanasia legal. CNN article and video. Article discussed the facts. June 9, 2016. State senators Lois . Wolk. and Bill . Monning.