When Is Sedation Really Euthanasia?

jane2007 submitted, created time 8 months 6 days (www.time.com)

Terminal sedation is the decision to keep dying patients, who cannot be made comfortable in any other way, unconscious until they die. But when is this the same as euthanasia?

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Ostracized Indian AIDS couple plea for euthanasia

captainclaw submitted, created time 1 year 3 months (www.reutershealth.com)

An Indian couple suffering from AIDS has asked the country's president to allow them and their daughter to die through euthanasia as they were being harassed in their village.

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Euthanasia doctor given suspended sentence

Paramecium submitted, created time 1 year 8 months (www.newscientist.com)

Doctor Laurence Tramois was given a one-year suspended prison sentence on Thursday for poisoning Paulette Druais, a terminally ill woman. Chantal Chanel, the nurse who administered the injection, was acquitted by the court.

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