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Last updated on: 6/23/2022 | Author: ProCon.org

Glossary

A

advance directive

B

barbiturate

brain death

C

chloral hydrate

coma

D

death

death with dignity law

diazepam

digoxin

do not resuscitate order

E

euthanasia

F

G

H

health care power of attorney

Hippocratic Oath

homicide

hospice

I

J

K

Kevorkian, Jack

L

lethal injection

living will

M

medicine

morphine

mercy killing

murder

N

O

P

pain

palliative care

pathology

persistent vegetative state

phenobarbital

physician-assisted suicide

propranolol

Q

R

resuscitate

right to die

right-to-die law

S

secobarbital

suicide

T

Ten Commandments

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

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