euthanasia, passive

Preferred Label : euthanasia, passive;

MeSH definition : Failing to prevent death from natural causes, for reasons of mercy by the withdrawal or withholding of life-prolonging treatment.;

MeSH synonym : passive euthanasia; euthanasia, negative; allowing to die; negative euthanasia;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Euthanasia;

MeSH annotation : human only; differentiate X ref ALLOWING TO DIE from RIGHT TO DIE; human only; differentiate entry term ALLOWING TO DIE from RIGHT TO DIE;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia;

Details

Origin ID

D005066;

UMLS CUI

C0015189;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- euthanasia [Q-code]
Ne pas confondre avec
- right to die [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- euthanasia, passive [MeSH concept]
See also
- euthanasia, active [MeSH Descriptor]
- resuscitation orders [MeSH Descriptor]
- withholding treatment [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- euthanasia [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Activity [UMLS semantic type]

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