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Descriptor English: Euthanasia, Active
Descriptor Spanish: Eutanasia Activa
Descriptor eutanasia activa
Scope note: Acto o práctica de matar por razones de compasión, es decir, para liberar a una persona o animal de una enfermedad incurable, sufrimiento intolerable o muerte sin dignidad. (Traducción libre del original: Beauchamp and Walters, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 5th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Eutanásia Ativa
Descriptor French: Euthanasie active
Entry term(s): Active Euthanasia
Tree number(s): E02.760.905.199.249
I01.880.735.344.500.249
N02.421.585.905.199.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D028601
Scope note: The act or practice of killing for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person or animal from incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified death. (from Beauchamp and Walters, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 5th ed)
Annotation: human only
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Euthanasia (1974-2001)
Public MeSH Note: 2002
History Note: 2002
Related: Euthanasia, Passive MeSH
Suicide, Assisted MeSH
DeCS ID: 36290
Unique ID: D028601
NLM Classification: WB 65
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Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2015/06/29
Euthanasia, Active - Preferred
Concept UI M0007960
Scope note The act or practice of killing for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person or animal from incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified death. (from Beauchamp and Walters, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 5th ed)
Preferred term Euthanasia, Active
Entry term(s) Active Euthanasia



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