Atul Gawande

RST ethics internal What is euthanasia? Euthanasia, also called assisted suicide, physician assisted suicide, doctor assisted suicide or mercy killing, is the painless killing of someone who is suffering from a (usually) incurable disease or disability or an irreversible coma.1 The word ‘euthanasia’ comes from ancient times and was meant as an easy death without severe suffering. This is usually administers by the doctor of the patient, although there have been cases where family members of the…