Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition defines euthanasia as "the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals ... in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy." ... An example of passive euthanasia would be the removal of a respirator, while active euthanasia would be a doctor giving a dying patient a lethal injection. ... An example would be the patient taking a lethal dose of pills. My position is that euthanasia is considered death with dignity rather than murder. ... I do not agree with this reasoning beca...

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Jack Kevorkian since the media placed him in the public eye for his actions involved with euthanasia. ... The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines euthanasia as "the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy." ... Physician assisted suicide is when a doctor supplies the patient with the proper information, procedure, and or tools that allow the patient, themselves, to terminate their own lives with ease. ... Two examples of passive euthanasia are not disconnecting...

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