Assertion: euthanasia's decision | /r/CapableOf | withdraw treatment
Facets:
value: for any patient
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Making such decision to either withhold or withdraw treatment for any patient is not an easy decision to make based on the cultural, religious and legal factors.
text: Those who use the strict definition maintain that the decision to withdraw or to withhold treatment is in no way a form of euthanasia, since there is a clear difference between the administration of a lethal injection and the withdrawal of treatment.
text: Thus they refer to lethal injection as ‘active’ euthanasia while the decision to withhold, limit or withdraw treatment is referred to as ‘passive’ euthanasia.
text: Decisions to withdraw treatment and allow to die are on the basis of the “best interests” of the patient taking into account the views of the family.