Euthanasia is defined by The American Heritage Dictionary as "the action of killing an individual for reasons considered to be merciful" (469). Here, killing is described as the physical action where one individual actively kills another. Euthanasia is ... ...

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... 's right to refuse extraordinary life-sustaining measures intended to prolong life artificially when the person is deemed by his or her physicians to be terminally or incurably ill (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language). Karen Ann Quinlan went into coma on April 15 after drinking alcohol mixed with small doses of Librium and Valium. The 21-year-old woman was ... ...

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