Title: Voluntary euthanasia - Wikipedia
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Voluntary euthanasia
Contents
Definition
Assisted suicide
History
Modern
Post-war
By country
India
Australia
New Zealand
Colombia
Europe
United States
China and Hong Kong
Arguments for and against
For
Against
Medical ethics
Legality
Religion
Protocols
In popular culture and the arts
See also
References
Bibliography
External links

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Voluntary euthanasia
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This article is about voluntary euthanasia. For mercy killing, see Involuntary euthanasia. Part of a series on
Euthanasia
Types
Animal
Child
Voluntary
Non-voluntary
Involuntary
Views
Religious
Buddhist
Catholic
Culture of life
Euthanasia and the slippery slope
Right to die
Right to life
Groups
Compassion & Choices
Death with Dignity National Center
Dignitas
Exit International
Final Exit Network
Hemlock Society
Not Dead Yet
Care Not Killing
People
Jack Kevorkian
Philip Nitschke
Barbara Coombs Lee
Books
Final Exit
The Peaceful Pill Handbook
The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
Jurisdictions
Australia
Canada
India
Luxembourg
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Laws
Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 (Australia)
Baby Doe Law
Alternatives
Assisted suicide
Palliative care
Principle of double effect
Palliative sedation
Other issues
Suicide tourism
Groningen Protocol
Euthanasia device
Filial responsibility
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Voluntary euthanasia is where a person's life is ended at their request in order to relieve them of suffering. Voluntary euthanasia ( VE) and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) have been the focus of intense debate in recent years. Some forms of voluntary euthanasia are legal in the Australian state of Victoria, Belgium, Colombia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and some provinces in Canada. It will soon be legal in Western Australia as well. Contents
1 Definition
1.1 Assisted suicide
2 History
2.1 Modern
2.1.1 Post-war
3 By country
3.1 India
3.2 Australia
3.3 New Zealand
3.4 Colombia
3.5 Europe
3.6 United States
3.7 China and Hong Kong
4 Arguments for and against
4.1 For
4.2 Against
5 Medical ethics
6 Legality
7 Religion
8 Protocols
9 In popular culture and the arts
10 See also
11 References
12 Bibliography
13 External links
Definition

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. ( February 2013)
Voluntary refusal of food and fluids (VRFF) (also called voluntarily stopping eating and drinking, or VSED) or Patient Refusal of Nutrition and Hydration (PRNH) is bordering on euthanasia. Some authors classify it as a form of passive euthanasia, while others treat it separately because it is treated differently from legal point of view and often perceived as a more ethical option.