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Descriptor English: Euthanasia, Passive
Descriptor Spanish: Eutanasia Pasiva
Descriptor eutanasia pasiva
Entry term(s) eutanasia por omisión
permissión de la muerte
Scope note: Fracaso en la evitación de la muerte por causas naturales, por razones de compasión mediante la retirada o suspensión de un tratamiento que prolonga la vida.
Descriptor Portuguese: Eutanásia Passiva
Descriptor French: Euthanasie passive
Entry term(s): Allowing to Die
Euthanasia, Negative
Negative Euthanasia
Passive Euthanasia
Tree number(s): E02.760.905.199.500
E02.760.952.500
N02.421.585.905.199.625
N02.421.585.952.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005066
Scope note: Failing to prevent death from natural causes, for reasons of mercy by the withdrawal or withholding of life-prolonging treatment.
Annotation: human only; differentiate entry term ALLOWING TO DIE from RIGHT TO DIE
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Ethics, Medical (1966-1977)
Euthanasia (1966-1977)
Public MeSH Note: 90; was see under EUTHANASIA 1978-89
History Note: 90(78); was see under EUTHANASIA 1978-89
Related: Resuscitation Orders MeSH
Withholding Treatment MeSH
DeCS ID: 28009
Unique ID: D005066
NLM Classification: WB 65
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/04/22
Revision Date: 2015/06/29
Euthanasia, Passive - Preferred
Concept UI M0007964
Scope note Failing to prevent death from natural causes, for reasons of mercy by the withdrawal or withholding of life-prolonging treatment.
Preferred term Euthanasia, Passive
Entry term(s) Allowing to Die
Euthanasia, Negative
Negative Euthanasia
Passive Euthanasia



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