Title: Euthanasia - Wikipedia
Headings: Euthanasia
Euthanasia
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Definition
Classification
Voluntary euthanasia
Non-voluntary euthanasia
Involuntary euthanasia
Passive and active euthanasia
History
Early modern period
Beginnings of the contemporary euthanasia debate
Early euthanasia movement in the United States
1930s in Britain
Nazi Euthanasia Program
1949 New York State Petition for Euthanasia and Catholic opposition
Debate
Legal status
Health professionals' sentiment
Religious views
Christianity
Broadly against
Partially in favor of
Islam
Judaism
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Content: Varies by jurisdiction
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Consensual homicide
Contract killing
Crime of passion
Depraved-heart murder
Execution-style murder
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Feticide
Honor killing
Human cannibalism
Human sacrifice
Child sacrifice
Internet homicide
Lonely hearts killer
Lust murder
Lynching
Mass murder
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Murder for body parts
Murder–suicide
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Proxy murder
Pseudocommando
Serial killer
Angel of mercy
Spree killer
Thrill killing
Torture murder
Vehicle-ramming attack
Manslaughter
In English law
Voluntary manslaughter
Negligent homicide
Vehicular homicide
Non-criminal homicide
Note: Varies by jurisdiction
War
Assisted suicide
Capital punishment
Euthanasia
Feticide ( Abortion)
Justifiable homicide
By victim or victims
Suicide
Family
Avunculicide/Nepoticide
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Prolicide
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Sororicide
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Matricide
Patricide
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Crucifixion
Deicide
Democide
Friendly fire
Gendercide
Genocide
Omnicide
Regicide
Stoning
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Euthanasia (from Greek: εὐθανασία; " good death": εὖ, eu; " well" or "good" + θάνατος, thanatos; " death") is the practice of intentionally ending life to relieve pain and suffering. Different countries have different euthanasia laws. The British House of Lords select committee on medical ethics defines euthanasia as "a deliberate intervention undertaken with the express intention of ending a life, to relieve intractable suffering". In the Netherlands and Belgium, euthanasia is understood as "termination of life by a doctor at the request of a patient".