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Voluntary Euthanasia Society — Voluntary Eu|tha|na|si|a So|ci|e|ty, the an organization in the UK which aims to change the law that forbids helping seriously ill people to die if they wish to. There is a similar organization in the US called the Hemlock Society … Dictionary of contemporary English
(the) Voluntary Euthanasia Society — the Voluntary Euthanasia Society [the Voluntary Euthanasia Society] a British organization started by a group of doctors in 1935.It campaigns for a change in the law to make it legal to help very ill people who want to die to do so. It helps… … Useful english dictionary
Voluntary Euthanasia Society (VES) — The first society of its kind in the world its founders included doctors, lawyers and churchmen the VES was set up in England in 1935. The announced aim of the VES is to make it legal for a competent adult suffering unbearably from an incurable… … Medical dictionary
VES (Voluntary Euthanasia Society) — The first society of its kind in the world its founders included doctors, lawyers and churchmen the VES was set up in England in 1935. The announced aim of the VES is to make it legal for a competent adult suffering unbearably from an incurable… … Medical dictionary
Non-voluntary euthanasia — Severe hydrocephalus. Infants like this can be subject to non voluntary euthanasia in the Netherlands if the parents and doctors decide it is the best choice for their child. In other jurisdictions, the doctors involved may be prosecuted … Wikipedia
Euthanasia and the law — Efforts to change government policies on euthanasia in the 20th century have met limited success in Western countries. Country policies are described below in alphabetical order, followed by the exceptional case of the Netherlands. Euthanasia… … Wikipedia
Euthanasia — For mercy killings performed on animals, see Animal euthanasia. Part of a series on … Wikipedia
Euthanasia device — For the fictional suicide machine, see Suicide booth. Part of a series on Euthanasia Types … Wikipedia
Euthanasia — The word euthanasia comes straight out of the Greek eu , goodly or well + thanatos , death = the good death and for 18th century writers in England that was what euthanasia meant, a good death, a welcome way to depart quietly and well from life.… … Medical dictionary
euthanasia — euthanasiast /yooh theuh nay zee ast /, n. euthanasic /yooh theuh nay zik/, adj. /yooh theuh nay zheuh, zhee euh, zee euh/, n. 1. Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme… … Universalium
