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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
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
Voluntary Euthanasia Society — a British organization whose aim is to change the law to make it legal to help very ill people who want to die to do so and to help people to make living wills that make clear their wishes about medical treatment if they become seriously ill. It… … Universalium
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
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
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 — 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
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
The Culture — is a fictional interstellar anarchist, socialist, and utopian[1][2] society created by the Scottish writer Iain M. Banks which features in a number of science fiction novels and works of short fiction by him, collectively called the Culture… … Wikipedia
Euthanasia — For mercy killings performed on animals, see Animal euthanasia. Part of a series on … Wikipedia
