The "small beginnings" of euthanasia: examining the erosion in legal prohibitions against mercy-killing.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001926:Brain Death; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003643:Death; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004467:Economics; D004989:Ethics; D005065:Euthanasia; D028601:Euthanasia, Active; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D005610:Freedom; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D033222:Judicial Role; D007603:Jurisprudence; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008020:Life Support Care; D016224:Living Wills; D016743:Mental Competency; D018529:Nutritional Support; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010820:Physicians; D011050:Policy Making; D011057:Politics; D011640:Public Policy; D011788:Quality of Life; D012297:Right to Die; D013405:Suicide; D017236:Suicide, Assisted; D019452:Terminally Ill; D020458:Third-Party Consent; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D014481:United States; D035761:Wedge Argument; D028761:Withholding Treatment
Analytical Approach; Death and Euthanasia; In re Conroy; In re Quinlan; Legal Approach; Uniform Rights of the Terminally Ill Act