passive euthanasia

noun

1. a form of euthanasia in which medical treatment that will keep a dying patient alive for a time is withdrawn

Example Sentences

In 2018, India's Supreme Court allowed people to draw up living wills and thereby choose passive euthanasia, where medical treatment can be withdrawn under strict guidelines to hasten a person's death.

From BBC

Living wills aren't just about choosing passive euthanasia.

From BBC

Some other countries accept only passive euthanasia, where, at the patient's request, some medical treatments are stopped, causing the person's death.

From Reuters

She had read of countries that allowed euthanasia - and India only permitted passive euthanasia.

From BBC

There is also passive euthanasia, where death is brought about by an omission - by withdrawing or withholding treatment in order to let the person die.

From BBC

Related Words

• assisted dying