Law Reform Commission reviews euthanasia laws.
1984
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D007883
Legislation, Medical
Laws and regulations, pertaining to the field of medicine, proposed for enactment or enacted by a legislative body.
Medical Legislation
D008020
Life Support Care
Care provided patients requiring extraordinary therapeutic measures in order to sustain and prolong life.
Extraordinary Treatment,Prolongation of Life,Care, Life Support,Extraordinary Treatments,Life Prolongation,Treatment, Extraordinary,Treatments, Extraordinary
D002170
Canada
The largest country in North America, comprising 10 provinces and three territories. Its capital is Ottawa.
D005065
Euthanasia
The act or practice of killing or allowing death from natural causes, for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person from incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified death. (from Beauchamp and Walters, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 5th ed)