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WHILE SOME STUDIES HAVE DOCUMENTED THE RELUCTANCE OF

MEDICAL AND OTHER HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS TO BE INVOLVED IN

THE PRACTICE OF ASSISTED DYING OR EUTHANASIA, THERE IS STILL

MUCH OPEN DEBATE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. THOSE WHO HAVE THE

MOST EXPERIENCE OF PALLIATIVE CARE ARE STRONGEST IN THEIR

OPPOSITION TO HASTENING DEATH. THE ROLE OF THE HEALTHCARE

PRACTITIONER HAS CLEARLY AND UNDOUBTEDLY CHANGED OVER TIME

WITH ADVANCES IN HEALTHCARE PRACTICES BUT THE DUTY OF CARE

HAS NOT CHANGED. THE DILEMMAS FOR HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS

THUS WHO HAVE COMPETENT PATIENTS REQUESTING HASTENED DEATH

EXTENDS FAR BEYOND ACTING WITHIN A COUNTRY’S LAWS AS THEY GO

TO THE VERY HEART OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PRACTITIONER

AND PATIENT.

VOLUNTARY VS. NON-VOLUNTARY

IF SOMEONE MAKES A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO SEEK HELP WITH ENDING

THEIR LIFE, IT’S CONSIDERED VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA. THE PERSON

MUST GIVE THEIR FULL CONSENT AND DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY FULLY

UNDERSTAND WHAT WILL HAPPEN.

NONVOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA INVOLVES SOMEONE ELSE MAKING THE

DECISION TO END SOMEONE’S LIFE. A CLOSE FAMILY MEMBER USUALLY

MAKES THE DECISION. THIS IS GENERALLY DONE WHEN SOMEONE IS

COMPLETELY UNCONSCIOUS OR PERMANENTLY INCAPACITATED. IT

USUALLY INVOLVES PASSIVE EUTHANASIA, SUCH AS WITHDRAWING LIFE

SUPPORT FROM SOMEONE WHO’S SHOWING NO SIGNS OF BRAIN

ACTIVE VS. PASSIVE

WHEN MOST PEOPLE THINK OF EUTHANASIA, THEY THINK OF A DOCTOR

DIRECTLY ENDING SOMEONE’S LIFE. THIS IS KNOWN AS ACTIVE

EUTHANASIA. PURPOSELY GIVING SOMEONE A LETHAL DOSE OF A

SEDATIVE IS CONSIDERED ACTIVE EUTHANASIA.

WASHINGTON

OREGON

CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

MONTANA

VERMONT

WASHINGTON, D.C.

HAWAII (BEGINNING IN 2019)

SWITZERLAND

GERMANY

JAPAN

THE NETHERLANDS

BELGIUM

LUXEMBOURG

COLOMBIA

CANADA

PASSIVE EUTHANASIA IS SOMETIMES DESCRIBED AS WITHHOLDING

OR LIMITING LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENTS SO THAT A PERSON

PASSES MORE QUICKLY. A DOCTOR MAY ALSO PRESCRIBE

INCREASINGLY HIGH DOSES OF PAIN-KILLING MEDICATION.

OVERTIME, THE DOSES MAY BECOME TOXIC.

THIS MAKES THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN PASSIVE EUTHANASIA AND

PALLIATIVE CARE BLURRY. PALLIATIVE CARE FOCUSES ON KEEPING

PEOPLE AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE AT THE END OF THEIR LIFE.

COUNTRIES WHERE EUTHANASIA IS LEGAL

IN THE UNITED STATES, PAS IS LEGAL IN:

OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, PAS IS LEGAL IN: