Euthanasia

**Definition:** 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)

**Tree numbers:** - E02.760.905.199 - I01.880.735.344.500 - N02.421.585.905.199

**Synonyms:** - Mercy Killing