ACTIVE - PASSIVE EUTHANASIAOLD STYLE

• ACTIVE

  • DOING SOMETHING/TAKING THE INITIATIVE
    • DIRECT CAUSE IN PRODUCING THE EFFECT OF DEATH
      • E.G. GIVING A LETHAL INJECTION

• PASSIVE

  • NOT DOING A SPECIFIC THING/ALLOWING SOMETHING TO HAPPEN
    • INDIRECT CAUSE IN PRODUCING THE EFFECT OF DEATH
      • E.G. WITHHOLDING OR WITHDRAWING AN INTERVENTION
      • ALLOWING THE NATURAL COURSE OF EVENTS TO FOLLOW

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