Active euthanasia is legal or de facto legal in only a handful of countries (ex. Belgium, Canada, Switzerland) & is limited to specific circumstances & the approval of councilors & doctors or other specialists.
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Passive euthanasia (known as "pulling the plug") is legal under some circumstances in many countries.
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Encyclopedia Britannic defines euthanasia as: "Act or practice of painlessly putting to death persons suffering from painful and incurable disease or incapacitating physical disorder or allowing them to die by withholding treatment or withdrawing artificial life-support measures."
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Oxford English Dictionary defineseuthanasiaas:"The painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable & painful disease or in an irreversible coma."
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Passive euthanasia entails withholding treatment critical for the continuance of life (e.g. respirator, feeding tube).
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B. 错