euthanasia, active

Preferred Label : euthanasia, active;

MeSH definition : The act or practice of killing for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person or animal from incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified death. (from Beauchamp and Walters, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 5th ed);

MeSH synonym : active euthanasia;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Euthanasia;

MeSH annotation : human only;

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

Details

Origin ID

D028601;

UMLS CUI

C0001285;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- euthanasia [Q-code]
Record concept(s)
- euthanasia, active [MeSH concept]
See also
- euthanasia, passive [MeSH Descriptor]
- suicide, assisted [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- euthanasia [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Activity [UMLS semantic type]

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