About The Medical Condition Mercy Killing

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Mercy Killing

Mercy Killing Medical Condition Defined & Explained
Mercy Killing Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Mercy Killing?

The act or practice of killing or allowing death from natural causes, for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person or animal from incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified death. (from Beauchamp and Walters, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 5th ed)

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