单词 | passive euthanasia |
释义 | > as lemmaspassive euthanasia passive euthanasia n. the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining medical treatment in the knowledge that the person concerned will die. ΚΠ 1949 Dixon (Illinois) Evening Tel. 4 Mar. 1/7 (heading) Passive Euthanasia Is Discussed by Doctors. 1974 N.Y. Times 16 June iv. 7/2 On terminal care, 82 per cent [of doctors] would practice a form of passive euthanasia on members of their family, 86 per cent on themselves. 1999 Ethics 109 500 A doctor's letting her patient die has traditionally been called passive euthanasia. < as lemmas |
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