euthanasia

euthanasia, act or practice of painlessly ending the life of an individual who is suffering from severe and incurable disease or an incapacitating physical disorder or allowing them to die by withholding treatment or withdrawing artificial life-support measures. Euthanasia is closely associated with physician-assisted suicide (also called medical aid in dying, or MAID), with the primary distinction being who administers the lethal medication. The potential of modern medical practice to prolong life through technological means...