Euthanasia is the act of deliberately ending a

person's life to relieve suffering.

For example, a doctor who gives a patient with
terminal cancer an overdose of muscle relaxants
to end their life would be considered to have
carried out euthanasia.
Assisted suicide is the act of deliberately
assisting or encouraging another person to kill
themselves.
If a relative of a person with a terminal illness
were to obtain powerful sedatives, knowing that
the person intended to take an overdose of
sedatives to kill themselves, they may be
considered to be assisting suicide.

Legal position
Both active euthanasia and assisted suicide are
illegal under English law.
Depending on the circumstances, euthanasia is
regarded as either manslaughter or murder and is
punishable by law, with a maximum penalty of up
to life imprisonment.
Assisted suicide is illegal under the terms of the
Suicide Act (1961) and is punishable by up to 14
years' imprisonment. Attempting to kill yourself is
not a criminal act in itself.

Types of euthanasia

Euthanasia can be classified in different ways,

including:
active euthanasia where a person deliberately intervenes to end
someones life for example, by injecting them with a large dose of
sedatives
passive euthanasia where a person causes death by withholding or
withdrawing treatment that is necessary to maintain life, such as
withholding antibiotics from someone withpneumonia

Euthanasia can also be classified as:

voluntary euthanasia where a person makes a conscious decision to
die and asks for help to do this
non-voluntary euthanasia where a person is unable to give
their consent (for example, because they are in a coma or are severely
brain damaged) and another person takes the decision on their behalf,
often because the ill person previously expressed a wish for their life to
be ended in such circumstances
involuntary euthanasia where a person is killed against their
expressed wishes

Depending on the circumstances, voluntary and

non-voluntary euthanasia could be regarded as
either voluntary manslaughter (where someone
kills another person, but circumstances can partly
justify their actions) or murder.
Involuntary euthanasia is almost always regarded
as murder.
There are arguments used by both supporters
and opponents of euthanasia and assisted
suicide. Read more about the arguments for and
against euthanasia and assisted suicide.

End of life care

If you are approaching the end of life, you have a
right to good palliative care to control pain and

other symptoms as well as psychological, social

and spiritual support.
You're also entitled to have a say in the
treatments you receive at this stage.
For example, under English law, all adults have
the right to refuse medical treatment, as long as
they have sufficient capacity (the ability to use
and understand information to make a decision).
If you know that your capacity to consent may be
affected in the future, you can arrange a legally
binding advance decision (previously known as
an advance directive).
An advance decision sets out the procedures and
treatments that you consent to and those that you
do not consent to. This means that the healthcare
professionals treating you cannot perform certain
procedures or treatments against your wishes.
Read more about your rights when approaching
the end of life.

Other countries
Active euthanasia is currently only legal in Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg.
Under the laws in these countries, a persons life can be deliberately ended by
their doctor or other healthcare professional.

The person is usually given an overdose of muscle relaxants or

sedatives. This causes a coma and then death.
However, euthanasia is only legal if the following three criteria are met:
The person has made an active and voluntary request to end their life.
It is thought that they have sufficient mental capacity to make an
informed decision regarding their care.
It is agreed that the person is suffering unbearably and there is no
prospect for an improvement in their condition.
Capacity is the ability to use and understand information to make a decision.
Read more about the capacity to consent to treatment.
In some countries the law is less clear, with some forms of assisted suicide
and passive euthanasia legal, but active euthanasia illegal.
For example, some types of assisted suicide and passive euthanasia are legal
in Switzerland, Germany, Mexico and five American states.

People also ask

What is the euthanasia program?
The Hartheim Institute - one of the hospitals where the Euthanasia Programme was carried
out, USHMM #76511. At the beginning of World War II the Nazi regime began killing
individuals with physical disabilities, people who were mentally retarded, and the terminally
ill.
Euthanasia the 'mercy killing' of disabled people in
www.holocaust-education.dk/baggrund/eutanasi.asp

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Is mercy killing against the law?

Euthanasia is illegal in the United States. Physician aid in dying (PAD), or assisted suicide,
is legal in the states of Washington, Oregon, Vermont and Bernalillo County, New Mexico
[1]; its status is disputed in Montana. The key difference between euthanasia and PAD is
who administers the lethal dose of medication.
Euthanasia in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_in_the_United_States

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What is euthanasia for humans?

The term Euthanasia originated from the Greek word for "good death." It is the act or
practice of ending the life of a person either by lethal injection or the suspension

ofmedical treatment. Because of this, many view euthanasia as simply bringing relief by
alleviating pain and suffering.
Facts About Euthanasia - Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network
www.terrisfight.org/facts-about-euthanasia/

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When was euthanasia first used?

The word "euthanasia" was first used in a medical context by Francis Bacon in the17th
century, to refer to an easy, painless, happy death, during which it was a "physician's
responsibility to alleviate the 'physical sufferings' of the body."

The right to die

July 28, 2014, 10:49 AM IST Sandip Sen in What happens if? | India | ET

The Supreme Court invitation on euthanasia debate is a welcome beginning for the
right to die. In 10 or 20 years time the right to die should be a fundamental right for all
senior citizens of evolved societies of the world. A few thousand years ago senior
citizens over the age of 60 would go willfully to Vanprastha in India. Vanaprastha
( going into the forests) those days was considered as getting away from family life and
the rest of civilized world for good, the sophisticated way of giving a social sanction for
the right to die in a age when wild animals ruled the forests. It was an evolved society
those days which permitted the aged to die with dignity, after their active life was over.
It was meant for the common citizen and not only those who were blessed by the
powers of Ichha mrityu ( the right to choose ones time of death) like Vishma Pitamaha
and we must realize that this permission was for all aged citizens and not only those
who were permanently disabled or critically ill, as is being considered currently for
euthanasia.
The Supreme Courts decision to throw open euthanasia for debate needs to be
extended to a debate on the right to die after the age of sixty. Let us understand few
fundamental economic and social reasons other than empathy on why it is needed to
protect the elderly from an ignominious slow and painful existence leading to death.

The first and foremost reason is overpopulation that is leading to over consumption
and depletion of global resources. Almost a quarter of the global population is nearing
sixty. A right to die for those aged above sixty would improve the ratio of productive
people in the world. Only those who contribute to the society would be likely
consumers and those who have no active life could chose repeat chose a life of eternal
rest.
Especially in a unbridled democracy like India where the young and educated are still
mindlessly opting for two or three children and the uneducated for more, we run a
serious problem of too many mouths to support. In another twenty years time we
could race past China to be the most populous nation and still be growing faster than
we can think. Something must give away, and what better way than the aged to show
the way by choice. True there will be doubts raised wether the old have given way
willfully or have been coerced into such situations, but humans can always devise other
laws to protect malpractices.
The second is the economic woes and deteriorating health of the elderly.
Understanding this is no rocket science As your age increases beyond 60 your earning
capacity decreases and medical costs rise. Wether this is paid by your domestic savings
or funded by the state health insurance is immaterial. You become a cost centre
instead of a revenue generating asset. Soon as you become a cost centre the attitude of
those around you changes for the worse, which though not laudable is the harsh reality.
The rise of the old age homes around the world is the biggest pointer that there is no
happy family for the aged, no realtime civil society but only a commercial one in every
place in this earth, especially in the more educated and developed nations. Conducting
any referendum or opinion poll in any old age home would bring out startling results
and point to the dark underbelly of the human society.
I do not mean to say that human life should cease to exist after the productive cycle
and after contributing to humanity. Anybody could retire and enjoy life as they want to
for endless years.
However when life ceases to be an enjoyment and our faculties keep failing and we are
no longer in control of what we do, or how we want to live we should be allowed to die.
Life is too beautiful to spoil it with the pain of a slow, painful, ignominious death. Let us
understand that Howard Hughes one of the worlds richest men died in insecurity and
pain, as did Michael Jackson the worlds most famous rock star. Permit us too die,
gracefully before insecurity and fear grips our minds of how we would live in the days

ahead, and we the aging majority of the planet earth must be allowed to chose our time
and when to go.

Ichha Mrutyu Ke Khilaaf hai Kendra sarkaar

Supreme court ichha mrutyu ko leegal karne ke liye daakhil yaachika par sunavaai ke dauraan
kendra sarkaar ne iska virodh kiya aur kaha ki ise khaarij kiya jaana chaahiye. Ab is maamale ki
agali sunavaai Budhvaar ko hogi. Gaurtalab hai ki is maamale ko samvaidhaanik bench ko refar
kiya gaya tha. Kendra ki or se atarni general mukul rohatagi ne mangalvaar ko kaha ki is
maamale ko sansad mein charcha ke liye chhoda jaana chaahiye. Yeh sansad tay kare ki iske
liye kaanoon mein kya praavadhaan hona chaahiye. Saath hi kaha ki law kamishn ne bhi ichha
mrutyu ke khilaaf hi vichaar diya hai, jise Supreme court ne pesh karne ko kaha. Supreme court
ke tatkaaleen cheef Justice pi. Sathaashivm ki aguvaai waali bench ne kaha tha ki is maamale
mein law mein spasht vyaakhya hona jaroori hai aur aise mein ise samvaidhaanik bench ko refar
kiya jaata hai taaki iske tamaam pahaluon ko court dekhe. Fir is baare mein guide lines banaae
jaane ke baare mein aakhiri faisala le. Is maamale mein Supreme court mein ek peeaaiel daakhil
ki gayi thi. Jismein laailaaj beemaari se peedit shakhs dvaara medical upakaranon ki madad se
jeevan ko lamba kheenchne se inkaar kar ichha mrutyu ki anumit dene ke savaal par faisala liya
jaana hai. Kendra sarkaar ne is arji ka virodh karte hue kaha ki yeh aatmahatya ke samaan hoga
aur Bhaarat desh mein iski ijaajat naheen di ja sakti. Yaachikaakarta ki NGO ki or se daleel di
gayi thi ki jab Doctor is nishkarsh par pahunchate hon ki beemaar shakhs aise stage par
pahunch chuka hai ki uske bachane ki sambhaavana naheen hai, to aise shakhs ko life seving
upakaranon ki madad lene se inkaar karne ka adhikaar hona chaahiye. Aisa naheen karne se
vah shakhs kasht hi jhelata hai. Is maamale mein 2008 mein yaachika daayar ki gayi thi.
Supreme court ichha mrutyu ko leegal karne ke liye daakhil yaachika par sunavaai ke dauraan
kendra sarkaar ne iska virodh kiya aur kaha ki ise khaarij kiya jaana chaahiye. Ab is maamale ki
agali sunavaai Budhvaar ko hogi. Gaurtalab hai ki is maamale ko samvaidhaanik bench ko refar
kiya gaya tha. Kendra ki or se atarni general mukul rohatagi ne mangalvaar ko kaha ki is
maamale ko sansad mein charcha ke liye chhoda jaana chaahiye. Yeh sansad tay kare ki iske
liye kaanoon mein kya praavadhaan hona chaahiye. Saath hi kaha ki law kamishn ne bhi ichha
mrutyu ke khilaaf hi vichaar diya hai, jise Supreme court ne pesh karne ko kaha. Supreme court
ke tatkaaleen cheef Justice pi. Sathaashivm ki aguvaai waali bench ne kaha tha ki is maamale
mein law mein spasht vyaakhya hona jaroori hai aur aise mein ise samvaidhaanik bench ko refar
kiya jaata hai taaki iske tamaam pahaluon ko court dekhe. Fir is baare mein guide lines banaae
jaane ke baare mein aakhiri faisala le. Is maamale mein Supreme court mein ek peeaaiel daakhil
ki gayi thi. Jismein laailaaj beemaari se peedit shakhs dvaara medical upakaranon ki madad se
jeevan ko lamba kheenchne se inkaar kar ichha mrutyu ki anumit dene ke savaal par faisala liya
jaana hai. Kendra sarkaar ne is arji ka virodh karte hue kaha ki yeh aatmahatya ke samaan hoga
aur Bhaarat desh mein iski ijaajat naheen di ja sakti. Yaachikaakarta ki NGO ki or se daleel di

gayi thi ki jab Doctor is nishkarsh par pahunchate hon ki beemaar shakhs aise stage par
pahunch chuka hai ki uske bachane ki sambhaavana naheen hai, to aise shakhs ko life seving
upakaranon ki madad lene se inkaar karne ka adhikaar hona chaahiye. Aisa naheen karne se
vah shakhs kasht hi jhelata hai. Is maamale mein 2008 mein yaachika daayar ki gayi thi.
Ichha Mrutyu par Supreme court Mein Sunavaani poori
prasan, nai Delhi : Laailaaj beemaari se peedit shakhs dvaara medical upakaranon ki madad se
jeevan ko lamba kheenchne se inkaar kar ichha mrutyu ki anumit dene ke savaal par Supreme
court mein sunavaai poori ho gayi hai. Court ab is maamale mein faisala dega. Supreme court ke
cheef Justice ki aguaai waali bench ne is maamale mein vistaar se bahas ke baad faisala
surakshit rakh liya. Is maamale mein arji daakhil kar kaha gaya tha ki laailaaj beemaari se grasit
shakhs ko medical upakaranon ki sahaayata se jinda rakhane ke bajaay use ichha mrutyu diya
jaana chaahiye. Vaheen Supreme court mein kendra sarkaar ne is arji ka virodh karte hue kaha
ki yeh aatmahatya ke samaan hoga aur Bhaarat mein iski ijaajat naheen di ja sakti.
Yaachikaakarta NGO ki or se daleel di gayi ki jab Doctor is nishkarsh par pahunchate hon ki
beemaar shakhs aisi stage par pahunch chuka hai ki uske bachane ki sambhaavana naheen hai,
to aise shakhs ko life seving upakaranon ki madad lene se inkaar karne ka adhikaar hona
chaahiye. Aisa naheen karne se vah shakhs kasht hi jhelata hai. Is maamale mein 2008 mein
yaachika daayar ki gayi thi. Jiske baad Supreme court ne is maamale mein kendra sarkaar ki
helth ministri aur law ministri se javaab maanga tha. Kendra sarkaar ki or se pesh adishnal
solicitor general siddhaarth loothara ne is yaachika ka yeh kehte hue virodh kiya tha ki
bhaarateeya samaaj mein iski anumati naheen di ja sakti. Prasan, nai Delhi : Laailaaj beemaari
se peedit shakhs dvaara medical upakaranon ki madad se jeevan ko lamba kheenchne se inkaar
kar ichha mrutyu ki anumit dene ke savaal par Supreme court mein sunavaai poori ho gayi hai.
Court ab is maamale mein faisala dega. Supreme court ke cheef Justice ki aguaai waali bench
ne is maamale mein vistaar se bahas ke baad faisala surakshit rakh liya. Is maamale mein arji
daakhil kar kaha gaya tha ki laailaaj beemaari se grasit shakhs ko medical upakaranon ki
sahaayata se jinda rakhane ke bajaay use ichha mrutyu diya jaana chaahiye. Vaheen Supreme
court mein kendra sarkaar ne is arji ka virodh karte hue kaha ki yeh aatmahatya ke samaan hoga
aur Bhaarat mein iski ijaajat naheen di ja sakti. Yaachikaakarta NGO ki or se daleel di gayi ki jab
Doctor is nishkarsh par pahunchate hon ki beemaar shakhs aisi stage par pahunch chuka hai ki
uske bachane ki sambhaavana naheen hai, to aise shakhs ko life seving upakaranon ki madad
lene se inkaar karne ka adhikaar hona chaahiye. Aisa naheen karne se vah shakhs kasht hi
jhelata hai. Is maamale mein 2008 mein yaachika daayar ki gayi thi. Jiske baad Supreme court
ne is maamale mein kendra sarkaar ki helth ministri aur law ministri se javaab maanga tha.
Kendra sarkaar ki or se pesh adishnal solicitor general siddhaarth loothara ne is yaachika ka yeh
kehte hue virodh kiya tha ki bhaarateeya samaaj mein iski anumati naheen di ja sakti.

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Svecchamrityu (Sanskrit: ) {Sva (self) + iccha (will) + mrityu (death)} is an adjective

which means - having death at ones own power or dying at ones own will [1] It is also called
Iccha-mrityu ( ) meaning self-willed death but it is not to be confused with immortality or
self-inflicted death. Shantanu had granted to his son Gangaputra Devavrata, also known

as Bhishma, the supernatural power of Svecchamrityu.[2] Mahabharata records that Bhishma did
choose the time and manner of his own death.[3]
In the course of his visit to Amarnath cave, Swami Vivekananda had the vision of Lord Shiva in
the cave and was blessed with the boon of death-at-will (iccha-mrityu). [4] He had predicted that he
would not live forty years, he did not. Mahatma Sisir Kumar and Pandit Dinabandhu
Vedantaratna are also believed to have willed their own death. [5]
The Svadhishthana Chakra is the Abode of the Tattva Apas; one conquers death with the
awakening of this chakra.[6] As one of the twenty-six siddhis that form part of Kundalini yoga,
Iccha-mrityu siddhi gives the yogi the power to die at will. [7] According toAurobindo the sadhaka
of Integral yoga aims at complete liberation from all attacks of illness, and the power to prolong
life at will Iccha-mrityu.[8]
In Hindu astrology, the Iccha-mrityu yoga is caused if Saturn situated in the 12th house from
the lagna is aspected by powerfulJupiter occupying the 4th house.[9] The methodical recitation
of Rishi Markandeyas Yajurveda Mahamrityunjaya Mantra consisting of thirty-three syllables:In Devanagari script:

is recommended for warding-off the evil and/or death-inflicting effects of planets, and
to prolong ones life-span.[10]

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Jump up^ Mahabharata. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 21,355.

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