Euthanasia is the practice of painlessly putting to death persons who have incurable , painful, or distressing diseases or handicaps. It comes from the Greek words for 'good' and 'death', and is commonly called mercy killing. Voluntary euthanasia may occur when incurably ill persons ask

their physician, friend, or relative , to put them to death. The patients or their relatives may ask a doctor to withhold treatment and let them die. Many critics of the medical professio

Brock, Dan. "Deciding For Others." Cambridge: Cambridge

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