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Title: Euthanasia
Words: 885
According to the Encarta Encyclopedia, Euthanasia, also known as mercy killing, is the "practice of ending a life to release an individual from intolerable suffering or an incurable disease."¯ The term is sometimes used generally to refer to an easy or painless death. Voluntary euthanasia involves a request by the dying patient or that person's legal representative. Passive or negative euthanasia involves not doing something to prevent death"”that is, allowing someone to die; active or positive euthanasia involves taking deliberate action to cause a death. The controversy of Euthanasia lies between the different views and beliefs on life and death "“ weather people have the right to end medical treatment to end suffering and allowing for a "good death"¯ or to permit the medical field to ...
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