Dignified death, the Glossary

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1. 16 relations: Assisted dying, Assisted suicide, Autonomy, Control (psychology), Death with dignity (disambiguation), Dignity, Dignity in Dying, End-of-life care, Ethics, Freedom, Manner of death, Palliative sedation, Refusal of medical assistance, Right to die, Suffering, Voluntary euthanasia.

Assisted dying

Assisted dying, assisted death, aid in dying or help to die may refer to.

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Assisted suicide

Assisted suicide means a procedure in which people take medications to end their own lives with the help of others, usually medical professionals. Dignified death and Assisted suicide are death.

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Autonomy

In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy is the capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.

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Control (psychology)

In psychology, control is a person's ability or perception of their ability to affect themselves, others, their conditions, their environment or some other circumstance.

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Death with dignity (disambiguation)

Death with dignity may refer to.

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Dignity

Dignity (from the Latin dignitas meaning "worth, worthiness; dignity, position, rank, status; authority, office; self-respect, grace") in some of its modern usages has come to mean the right of a person to be valued and respected for their own sake, and to be treated ethically.

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Dignity in Dying

Dignity in Dying (originally The Voluntary Euthanasia Legalisation Society) is a United Kingdom nationwide campaigning organisation.

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End-of-life care

End-of-life care (EOLC) is health care provided in the time leading up to a person's death. Dignified death and End-of-life care are bioethics.

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Ethics

Ethics is the philosophical study of moral phenomena.

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Freedom

Freedom is the power or right to speak, act and change as one wants without hindrance or restraint.

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Manner of death

In many legal jurisdictions, the manner of death is a determination, typically made by the coroner, medical examiner, police, or similar officials, and recorded as a vital statistic.

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Palliative sedation

In medicine, specifically in end-of-life care, palliative sedation (also known as terminal sedation, continuous deep sedation, or sedation for intractable distress of a dying patient) is the palliative practice of relieving distress in a terminally ill person in the last hours or days of a dying person's life, usually by means of a continuous intravenous or subcutaneous infusion of a sedative drug, or by means of a specialized catheter designed to provide comfortable and discreet administration of ongoing medications via the rectal route.

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Refusal of medical assistance

In emergency medical services such as an ambulance squad, a refusal of medical assistance is the term for when a patient refuses any or all parts of medical treatment.

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Right to die

The right to die is a concept based on the opinion that human beings are entitled to end their life or undergo voluntary euthanasia.

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Suffering

Suffering, or pain in a broad sense, may be an experience of unpleasantness or aversion, possibly associated with the perception of harm or threat of harm in an individual.

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Voluntary euthanasia

Voluntary euthanasia is the ending of a person's life at their request in order to relieve them of suffering.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dignified_death

Also known as Death with Dignity, Die with dignity, Dignity in dying, Dying with dignity.