passive euthanasia
Britishnoun
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Dychtwald also expects that active and passive euthanasia might become openly discussed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
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Court allowed people to draw up living wills and thereby choose passive euthanasia, where medical treatment can be withdrawn under strict guidelines to hasten a person's death.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 ● Feb. 2, 2025
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 ● Apr. 3, 2023
In passive euthanasia, treatment is withheld or withdrawn with the expectation that a patient will die sooner than they would with continued medical intervention.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
India's Supreme Court has allowed people to draw up "living wills", meaning they can seek what is known as passive euthanasia.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2018
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