MDs voice similar rationales for treatment withdrawal and euthanasia.
Although the withdrawal of treatment and active euthanasia are viewed as two different processes with two different objectives, the conditions under which these actions are justified by physicians have much in common, as the following articles on two new surveys show.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005065:Euthanasia / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States