Euthanasia in the United States, the Glossary
Involuntary euthanasia is currently illegal in all 50 states of the United States.[1]
Table of Contents
45 relations: Advance healthcare directive, Assisted suicide, Assisted suicide in the United States, Baxter v. Montana, Brittany Maynard, Bulletin of the History of Medicine, California, Clarence Darrow, Colorado, Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health, Dignified death, Do not resuscitate, Euthanasia, Governor of Maine, Governor of New Jersey, Hawaii, Ian Dowbiggin, In re Quinlan, Infant, Involuntary euthanasia, Jack London, Jacob M. Appel, Life support, Maine, Maine Legislature, Montana, Montana Supreme Court, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Palliative care, Principle of double effect, Sun Hudson case, Terri Schiavo case, Texas Advance Directives Act, Thanatophoric dysplasia, U.S. state, United States, Vegetative state, Vermont, Washington (state), Washington v. Glucksberg, Washington, D.C., 1994 Oregon Ballot Measure 16.
Advance healthcare directive
An advance healthcare directive, also known as living will, personal directive, advance directive, medical directive or advance decision, is a legal document in which a person specifies what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longer able to make decisions for themselves because of illness or incapacity.
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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.
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Assisted suicide in the United States
Assisted suicide is suicide with the aid of another person.
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Baxter v. Montana
Baxter v. Montana, is a Montana Supreme Court case, argued on September 2, 2009, and decided on December 31, 2009, that addressed the question of whether the state's constitution guaranteed terminally ill patients a right to lethal prescription medication from their physicians.
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Brittany Maynard
Brittany Lauren Maynard (November 19, 1984 – November 1, 2014) was an American activist with terminal cancer who decided that she would end her own life "when the time seemed right." She was an advocate for the legalization of assisted suicide for the terminally ill.
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Bulletin of the History of Medicine
The Bulletin of the History of Medicine is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1933.
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
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Clarence Darrow
Clarence Seward Darrow (April 18, 1857 – March 13, 1938) was an American lawyer who became famous in the 19th century for high profile representations of trade union causes, and in the 20th century for several criminal matters, including the Leopold and Loeb murder trial, the Scopes "monkey" trial, and the Ossian Sweet defense.
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Colorado
Colorado (other variants) is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
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Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health
Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health, 497 U.S. 261 (1990), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States involving a young adult incompetent.
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Dignified death
Dignified death, death with dignity, dying with dignity or dignity in dying is an ethical concept aimed at avoiding suffering and maintaining control and autonomy in the end-of-life process.
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Do not resuscitate
A do-not-resuscitate order (DNR), also known as Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR), Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR), no code or allow natural death, is a medical order, written or oral depending on the jurisdiction, indicating that a person should not receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if that person's heart stops beating.
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Euthanasia
Euthanasia (from lit: label + label) is the practice of intentionally ending life to eliminate pain and suffering.
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Governor of Maine
The governor of Maine is the head of government of the U.S. state of Maine.
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Governor of New Jersey
The governor of New Jersey is the head of government of the U.S. state of New Jersey.
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Hawaii
Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.
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Ian Dowbiggin
Ian Robert Dowbiggin (born 1952) is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Prince Edward Island and writer on the history of medicine, in particular topics such as euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.
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In re Quinlan
In re Quinlan (70 N.J. 10, 355 A.2d 647 (NJ 1976)) was a landmark 1975 court case in the United States in which the parents of a woman who was kept alive by artificial means were allowed to order her removal from artificial ventilation.
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Infant
An infant or baby is the very young offspring of human beings.
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Involuntary euthanasia
Involuntary euthanasia, typically regarded as a type of murder, occurs when euthanasia is performed on a person who would be able to provide informed consent, but does not, either because they do not want to die, or because they were not asked.
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Jack London
John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist.
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Jacob M. Appel
Jacob M. Appel (born February 21, 1973) is an American polymath, author, bioethicist, physician, lawyer and social critic.
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Life support
Life support comprises the treatments and techniques performed in an emergency in order to support life after the failure of one or more vital organs.
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Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Lower 48.
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Maine Legislature
The Maine State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine.
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Montana
Montana is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
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Montana Supreme Court
The Montana Supreme Court is the highest court of the state court system in the U.S. state of Montana.
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New Jersey
New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.
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New Mexico
New Mexico (Nuevo MéxicoIn Peninsular Spanish, a spelling variant, Méjico, is also used alongside México. According to the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas by Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, the spelling version with J is correct; however, the spelling with X is recommended, as it is the one that is used in Mexican Spanish.; Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States.
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Ohio
Ohio is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
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Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
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Palliative care
Palliative care (derived from the Latin root, or 'to cloak') is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses.
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Principle of double effect
The principle of double effect – also known as the rule of double effect, the doctrine of double effect, often abbreviated as DDE or PDE, double-effect reasoning, or simply double effect – is a set of ethical criteria which Christian philosophers have advocated for evaluating the permissibility of acting when one's otherwise legitimate act may also cause an effect one would otherwise be obliged to avoid.
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Sun Hudson case
The case of Sun Hudson concerned Wanda Hudson and her infant son, who was allowed to die via removal of his breathing tube, contrary to her wishes.
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Terri Schiavo case
The Terri Schiavo case was a series of court and legislative actions in the United States from 1998 to 2005, regarding the care of Theresa Marie Schiavo (née Schindler) (December 3, 1963 – March 31, 2005), a woman in an irreversible persistent vegetative state.
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Texas Advance Directives Act
The Texas Advance Directives Act (1999), also known as the Texas Futile Care Law, describes certain provisions that are now Chapter 166 of the Texas Health and Safety Code.
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Thanatophoric dysplasia
Thanatophoric dysplasia is a severe skeletal disorder characterized by a disproportionately small ribcage, extremely short limbs and folds of extra skin on the arms and legs.
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U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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Vegetative state
A vegetative state (VS) or post-coma unresponsiveness (PCU) is a disorder of consciousness in which patients with severe brain damage are in a state of partial arousal rather than true awareness.
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Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
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Washington (state)
Washington, officially the State of Washington, is the westernmost state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
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Washington v. Glucksberg
Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702 (1997), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, which unanimously held that a right to assisted suicide in the United States was not protected by the Due Process Clause.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.
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1994 Oregon Ballot Measure 16
Measure 16 of 1994 established the U.S. state of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act (ORS 127.800–995), which legalizes medical aid in dying (commonly referred to as physician-assisted suicide) with certain restrictions.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_in_the_United_States