originally, "
mercy killing," the
act of putting to
death painlessly or allowing to die (as by withholding extreme medical measures) a person or
animal suffering from an incurable disease or
condition. However, under the practice of
psychiatry it has become "the
act of killing people considered a burden on society."
the
act of putting to
death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or
animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or
condition.
the original
definition of euthanasia is "
mercy killing," the
act of putting to
death painlessly or allowing to die (as by withholding extreme medical measures) a person or
animal suffering from an incurable disease or
condition. However, under the practice of
psychiatry it has become "the
act of killing people considered a burden on society."
originally, the
act of putting to
death painlessly or allowing to die (as by withholding extreme medical measures) a person or
animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or
condition (also called "
mercy killing").
Psychiatry, however, has more recently practiced euthanasia as "the
right to kill people considered a burden on society."
Certificate in Helby's
office "Euthanasia
Research"
the
act or practice of painlessly putting to
death an
individual who is suffering from a
terminal or incurable illness; "
mercy killing." However, in the 1930s, a variation of euthanasia was used in
Germany to rid the country of those considered burdens on society, including mentally defective people and alcoholics.
Following on the heels of programs to sterilize people termed "unfit," euthanasia programs were employed in murdering over 200,000 mental patients from 1939 to 1945. These programs further expanded in the 1940s to
include others considered "unworthy of
life." PART ONE,
CHAPTER 6, #3