India News | Press Trust of India | Monday March 7, 2011
The term "passive euthanasia" used by the Supreme Court in its verdict on Aruna Shanbaug's case is defined as the withdrawal of medical treatment with the deliberate intention to hasten a terminally ill-patient's death.Various medical and legal dictionaries say passive euthanasia is the act of hastening the death of a terminally-ill patient by alte...
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