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Hierarchy:	Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) ∟ Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services ∟ Health Services ∟ Patient Care ∟ Terminal Care ∟ Euthanasia 4 coordinate concepts 2 subordinate concepts ∟ Euthanasia, Active \| ∟ Euthanasia, Passive ∟ Infanticide \| ∟ Hospice Care \| ∟ Resuscitation Orders \| ∟ Suicide, Assisted Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) ∟ Social Sciences ∟ Criminology ∟ Crime ∟ Homicide ∟ Euthanasia 4 coordinate concepts 2 subordinate concepts ∟ Euthanasia, Active \| ∟ Euthanasia, Passive ∟ Infanticide \| ∟ Hospice Care \| ∟ Resuscitation Orders \| ∟ Suicide, Assisted Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) ∟ Social Sciences ∟ Sociology ∟ Social Problems ∟ Crime ∟ Homicide ∟ Euthanasia 4 coordinate concepts 2 subordinate concepts ∟ Euthanasia, Active \| ∟ Euthanasia, Passive ∟ Infanticide \| ∟ Hospice Care \| ∟ Resuscitation Orders \| ∟ Suicide, Assisted Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) ∟ Social Sciences ∟ Sociology ∟ Social Problems ∟ Homicide ∟ Euthanasia 4 coordinate concepts 2 subordinate concepts ∟ Euthanasia, Active \| ∟ Euthanasia, Passive ∟ Infanticide \| ∟ Hospice Care \| ∟ Resuscitation Orders \| ∟ Suicide, Assisted Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) ∟ Therapeutics ∟ Patient Care ∟ Terminal Care ∟ Euthanasia 4 coordinate concepts 2 subordinate concepts ∟ Euthanasia, Active \| ∟ Euthanasia, Passive ∟ Infanticide \| ∟ Hospice Care \| ∟ Resuscitation Orders \| ∟ Suicide, Assisted X
Broader terms:	Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) ∟ Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services ∟ Health Services ∟ Patient Care ∟ Terminal Care ∟ Euthanasia Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) ∟ Social Sciences ∟ Criminology ∟ Crime ∟ Homicide ∟ Euthanasia Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) ∟ Social Sciences ∟ Sociology ∟ Social Problems ∟ Crime ∟ Homicide ∟ Euthanasia Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) ∟ Social Sciences ∟ Sociology ∟ Social Problems ∟ Homicide ∟ Euthanasia Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) ∟ Therapeutics ∟ Patient Care ∟ Terminal Care ∟ Euthanasia Terminal Care > Patient Care > Health Services > Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Homicide > Crime > Criminology > Social Sciences > Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Homicide > Crime > Social Problems > Sociology > Social Sciences > Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Homicide > Social Problems > Sociology > Social Sciences > Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Terminal Care > Patient Care > Therapeutics > Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) X
Narrower terms:	Euthanasia, Active \| Euthanasia, Passive X
Annotation:	HUMAN only; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL is available for animals; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE and EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE are also available X
Scope note:	The act or practice of killing or allowing death from natural causes, for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person from incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified death. (from Beauchamp and Walters, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 5th ed) X
activeMeSHYear*:	2003 \| 2003A \| 2003B \| 2004 \| 2005 \| 2006 \| 2007X
dateCreated*:	1999-01-01X
dateRevised*:	2002-11-06X
recordAuthorizer*:	sjnX
recordMaintainer*:	sjnX
recordOriginator*:	NLMX
Related term:	Bioethical Issues \| Right to Die \| Suicide, Assisted X
Type:	Concept X
Coordinate terms:	Infanticide \| Hospice Care \| Resuscitation Orders \| Suicide, Assisted X
URI:	X
Labels and equivalent concepts:	Eutanasia (fi) Laupeuskuolema (fi, replaced) Kuolema, armo- (fi, replaced) Armomurha (fi, replaced) Armokuolema (fi, replaced) Dödshjälp (sv) Eutanasi (sv, replaced) Mercy Killing (en, replaced) Euthanasia, Involuntary (en, replaced) X
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