Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary
"Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Active euthanasia of a patient at the patient's request and/or with the patient's consent.
| Descriptor ID |
D033101
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.905.199.249.200 I01.880.735.344.500.249.200 N02.421.585.905.199.500.200
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary".
- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
- Therapeutics [E02]
- Patient Care [E02.760]
- Terminal Care [E02.760.905]
- Euthanasia [E02.760.905.199]
- Euthanasia, Active [E02.760.905.199.249]
- Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary [E02.760.905.199.249.200]
- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
- Social Sciences [I01]
- Sociology [I01.880]
- Social Problems [I01.880.735]
- Homicide [I01.880.735.344]
- Euthanasia [I01.880.735.344.500]
- Euthanasia, Active [I01.880.735.344.500.249]
- Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary [I01.880.735.344.500.249.200]
- Health Care [N]
- Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
- Health Services [N02.421]
- Patient Care [N02.421.585]
- Terminal Care [N02.421.585.905]
- Euthanasia [N02.421.585.905.199]
- Euthanasia, Active [N02.421.585.905.199.500]
- Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary [N02.421.585.905.199.500.200]
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary".
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary" by people in Profiles.
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It Takes a Heart to Save a Family. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Dec; 102(6):1782-1783.
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Attitudes toward assisted suicide and euthanasia among physicians in South Carolina and Washington. Omega (Westport). 1997-1998; 36(3):201-18.
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Attitudes toward assisted suicide and euthanasia among physicians in South Carolina. J S C Med Assoc. 1996 Sep; 92(9):395-9.
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Ethical arguments against physician assisted death. J S C Med Assoc. 1996 Feb; 92(2):63-9.
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Legistrothanatry: a new specialty for assisting in death. Perspect Biol Med. 1996; 39(4):547-9.
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Medicine's position is both pivotal and precarious in assisted-suicide debate. JAMA. 1995 Feb 01; 273(5):363-4.
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Killing the known dying: notes of a death watcher. J Pain Symptom Manage. 1991 Jul; 6(5):337-9.