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    "Euthanasia" is often used to refer to all of the forms of hastened death: *Physician assisted dying - a physician provides a competent, terminally ill patient with a prescription for a lethal dose of medication *Mercy killing - an individual, usually a close relative or friend, ends the life of another who is suffering *"Self deliverance" - a terminally ill individual ends his or her own life without the prescription of a lethal dose of medication *Voluntary euthanasia - a physician responds to a terminally ill patient's request for a hasten death by ADMINISTERING a lethal dose of medication to the patient *Involuntary euthanasia - a physician administers a lethal dose of medication to a patient, without an explicit request from the patient *Passive euthanasia - a patient's death is hastened by the removal or withholding of treatments or life support *Active euthanasia - a patient's death is hastened by treatments given or administered to the patient

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    BBC News - Euthanasia Special Report

    Guide to end-of-life choice includes basic concepts, international laws, for and against perspectives, case studies, and news articles and audio.
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/health/euthanasia/basics.stm

    Euthanasia - Death and Dying Net Links

    Links to sites about Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, on About.com.
    http://dying.about.com/msub18.htm

    Ethical Issues in Terminal Health Care

    Articles and essays on patients' rights, ethics committees, and euthanasia.
    http://www.cp.duluth.mn.us/~ennyman/ethics.html

    Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide - All sides

    A thorough site with varying perspectives on the right to die, public opinion polls, and religious beliefs about hastened dying.
    http://www.religioustolerance.org/euthanas.htm

    Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Voluntary Euthanasia

    A comprehensive entry with background information on the issue.
    http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/euthanasia-voluntary/

    Euthanasia - A guide for an ethicist

    Designed by students, this site contains essays on a number of issues in the right to die debate.
    http://www.geocities.com/aliflack/

    Euthanasia: the debate continues

    Professors at the Malaspina University-College (British Columbia, Canada) present arguments for and against hastened dying.
    http://www.mala.bc.ca/www/ipp/euthanas.htm

    The Sydney Morning Herald - Euthanasia Debate

    Articles about end-of-life choice campaigns and individuals who have hastened their deaths.
    http://www.smh.com.au/specials/euthanasia/

    Death and Dying - Euthanasia

    Links to general information about hastened dying.
    http://dying.about.com/cs/euthanasia/

    Euthanasia: The Right To Die Vs. The Right To Life

    Radio Netherlands' explanation of the Dutch experience with end-of-life decision making.
    http://www.rnw.nl/society/html/euthanasia010723.html

    International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

    Addressing the issues of euthanasia, assisted suicide, advance directives, assisted suicide proposals, "right-to-die" cases, euthanasia practices in the Netherlands, disability rights, and pain control. Features news, articles and education.
    http://www.internationaltaskforce.org/
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    When Death is Sought

    Includes the epidemiology of suicide, law, ethical debate, public policy, and caring for the severely ill. From the New York State Department of Health
    http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/provider/death.htm

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