GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Richard MacDonald, chairman

Rob Jonquière, secretary

When X does Y to Z, you call it…

?Differences and/or similarities

BASIC ASSUMPTIONS

• Activity

• Doctor or other

• Request yes or no

• Local term / English translation

LOCAL TERMS

• Chuusi

• Igkutekinimueki

• Hukaisi

• Kansetukeki anrakusi

etc.

CATEGORIES

• Treatment

• Termination of life

• Suicide

• Fluid & food

TREATMENT

• Withholding

• Withdrawing

• Death as side effect of

• Large doses of medication

… AS SIDE EFFECT

• Terminal sedation

• Euthanasia by treatment

• Indirect euthanasia

• Double effect

• ‘Normal’ medical action

LARGE DOSES

• Terminal sedation

• Adequate palliative care

• Double effect

• Farmacological oblivion

• Palliative sedation

TERMINATION OF LIFE BY INJECTION

Doctor Yes

No

(voluntary) (active) Euthanasia

Murder

Non-voluntary euthanasia

Other Yes

No

Murder

(voluntary) Euthanasia

Mercy killing

Murder

Non-voluntary euthanasia

SUICIDE

Self - Suicide

Self deliverance

Doctor Yes

No

Physician assisted dying

Physician assisted suicide

X? Murder?

Other Yes

No

Assisted dying

Assisted suicide

X

FLUID & FOOD

• Withdrawal of life support

• Patient refusal of…

• Starvation

CONCLUSIONS

• In “grey” area” (side effect etc.) lots of differences

• In “termination of life” arbitrary use of active & voluntary

• In suicide there seems to be consensus