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Machine allowing an individual to die quickly with minimal pain
A euthanasia device is a machine engineered to allow an individual to die quickly with minimal pain. The most common devices are those designed to help
Euthanasia_device
Hypothetical passenger-killing ride
The Euthanasia Coaster is a hypothetical steel roller coaster and euthanasia device designed with the sole purpose of killing its passengers. The concept
Euthanasia_Coaster
Means by which a person dies by suicide
century Sarco device – Euthanasia device using inert gasPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Suicide bag – Euthanasia device using inert
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Euthanasia device using inert gas
The Sarco pod (sometimes referred to as a "suicide pod") is a euthanasia device or machine consisting of a 3D-printed detachable capsule mounted on a
Sarco_pod
Intentionally ending a life to relieve pain and suffering
Euthanasia (from Greek: εὐθανασία, lit. 'good death': εὖ, eu, 'well, good' + θάνατος, thanatos, 'death') is the practice of intentionally ending life to
Euthanasia
Illegal practice of intentionally ending a life against the subject's will
Involuntary euthanasia is contrasted with voluntary euthanasia (euthanasia performed with the patient's consent) and non-voluntary euthanasia (when the
Involuntary_euthanasia
Practice of medically requesting another end one's own life to spare terminal suffering
Voluntary euthanasia is the purposeful ending of another person's life at their request, in order to relieve them of suffering. Voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted
Voluntary_euthanasia
Active euthanasia is illegal in Switzerland (administration by a third-party), but supplying the means for dying is legal (assisted suicide), as long as
Euthanasia_in_Switzerland
Euthanasia or assisted suicide is legal in Canada under certain circumstances. Its legal form is called medical assistance in dying (abbreviated as MAiD
Euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada
Euthanasia_and_assisted_suicide_in_Canada
Euthanasia for mental illness involves a physician intentionally ending the life of a patient who has requested euthanasia due to a psychiatric condition
Euthanasia_for_mental_illness
Euthanasia became legal in Uruguay with the so called Muerte Digna (Spanish for 'Dignified Death Bill') which was promulgated in October 2025. It recognises
Euthanasia_in_Uruguay
Euthanasia device using inert gas
A suicide bag, also known as an exit bag or hood, is part of a euthanasia device consisting of a large plastic bag with a drawcord used to die by suicide
Suicide_bag
Euthanasia and assisted suicide in the Netherlands are regulated by the Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide (Review Procedures) Act which
Euthanasia and assisted suicide in the Netherlands
Euthanasia_and_assisted_suicide_in_the_Netherlands
Euthanasia applied to gravely ill children
Child euthanasia is a form of euthanasia that is applied to children who are gravely ill or have significant birth defects. In 2005, the Netherlands became
Child_euthanasia
Australian humanist (born 1947)
founder and director of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International. He campaigned successfully to have a legal euthanasia law passed in Australia's Northern
Philip_Nitschke
Legislation on euthanasia in Mexico distinguishes between passive and active euthanasia. Since January 7, 2008, the law allows the terminally ill —or closest
Euthanasia_in_Mexico
Practice of people travelling to a specific jurisdiction to die by suicide
sites Medical tourism Euthanasia device Emmott, Robin; Hernández, Magdiel; Bremer, Catherine; Chiacu, Doina (2008-06-03). "Euthanasia tourists snap up pet
Suicide_tourism
2014 film
מיתה טובה Mita Tova) is a 2014 Israeli drama film about the use of a euthanasia device, directed by Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon. It was nominated for the
The_Farewell_Party
Insufficient oxygen in breathed air
gas asphyxia has been advocated by proponents of euthanasia, using a gas-retaining plastic hood device colloquially referred to as a suicide bag. Nitrogen
Inert_gas_asphyxiation
Suicide method
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Vehicular_suicide
American pathologist and euthanasia activist (1928–2011)
Kevorkian allegedly assisted only by attaching the individual to a euthanasia device that he had devised and constructed. The individual then pushed a
Jack_Kevorkian
Homicide with the consent of the person being killed
common form of consensual homicide is assisted suicide, most commonly as euthanasia, in which terminally ill people seek assistance from their physicians
Consensual_homicide
Euthanasia and assisted suicide in Spain have been legal since 25 June 2021, when the Organic Law for the Regulation of Euthanasia came into force, three
Euthanasia and assisted suicide in Spain
Euthanasia_and_assisted_suicide_in_Spain
Suicide method
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Veterinary procedure
Animal euthanasia (from Greek: εὐθανασία, lit. 'good death') is the act of killing an animal humanely, most commonly with injectable drugs. Euthanasia methods
Animal_euthanasia
The law on Euthanasia in India distinguishes between active and passive euthanasia. Forms of active euthanasia, including the administration of lethal
Euthanasia_in_India
Suicide method
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Suicide_by_hanging
Committing murder and suicide
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Murder–suicide
2006 book by Neil Gorsuch
Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia is a 2006 book by Neil Gorsuch. The book presents legal and moral arguments against euthanasia and assisted suicide,
The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
The_Future_of_Assisted_Suicide_and_Euthanasia
Swiss organisation offering assisted suicide to members
"important" whilst it also gathered accusations of "pro-death" bias from anti-euthanasia pressure groups and of encouraging the view that disability was a good
Dignitas (non-profit organisation)
Dignitas_(non-profit_organisation)
Existential viewpoint
suicide — a suicide that is done for the benefit of others Church of Euthanasia Human extinction Philosophy of suicide Right to die Suicide prevention
Advocacy_of_suicide
Ritualistic suicide by disembowelment
1184–1877. Pierre, Joseph M. (2015-03-22). "Culturally sanctioned suicide: Euthanasia, seppuku, and terrorist martyrdom". World Journal of Psychiatry. 5 (1):
Seppuku
Intentional provocation of a lethal response from law enforcement
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Suicide_by_cop
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List of countries by suicide rate
List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate
Message left by a person intending to die
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Suicide_note
Practice of intentionally ending a life without the subject's explicit informed consent
Non-voluntary euthanasia is euthanasia conducted when the explicit consent of the individual concerned is unavailable, such as when the person is in a
Non-voluntary_euthanasia
Monitoring process to ensure that a person cannot attempt suicide
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Suicide_watch
Legal history of euthanasia in Australia
Laws regarding euthanasia or assisted suicide in Australia are matters for state and territory governments. As of November 2025 all states and the Australian
Euthanasia and assisted suicide in Australia
Euthanasia_and_assisted_suicide_in_Australia
media related to People who died by suicide. List of deaths from legal euthanasia and assisted suicide List of suicides attributed to bullying List of political
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Suicide_in_Lesotho
1993 Japanese book by Wataru Tsurumi
controversy died down eventually. The book is still widely available. Euthanasia device Final Exit by Derek Humphry The Peaceful Pill Handbook by Philip Nitschke
The Complete Manual of Suicide
The_Complete_Manual_of_Suicide
Suicide by setting oneself on fire
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Self-immolation
Suicide undertaken with aid from another person
punishment Consensual homicide Euthanasia device Jack Kevorkian Legality of euthanasia List of deaths from legal euthanasia and assisted suicide Brittany
Assisted_suicide
Moral and legal concept
own lives, including the choice to kill themselves or undergo voluntary euthanasia, central to the broader notion of health freedom. This right is often
Right_to_die
Euthanasia and assisted suicide in New Zealand became legal when the End of Life Choice Act 2019 took full effect on 7 November 2021. It is illegal to
Euthanasia and assisted suicide in New Zealand
Euthanasia_and_assisted_suicide_in_New_Zealand
Act of trying to kill oneself which the person survives
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Suicide_attempt
Medical protocol for child euthanasia
which physicians can perform "active ending of life on infants" (child euthanasia) without fear of legal prosecution. The protocol was created by a committee
Groningen_Protocol
Agreement between multiple individuals to die by suicide
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Suicide_pact
Aspect of suicide
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Honor_suicide
Act of killing one's own family
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Familicide
Slippery slope argument in euthanasia
Critics of euthanasia sometimes claim that legalizing any form of the practice will lead to a slippery slope effect, resulting eventually in expansion
Euthanasia and the slippery slope
Euthanasia_and_the_slippery_slope
Execution method in which the victim is forced or incentivised to kill themselves
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Forced_suicide
Law of the Northern Territory, Australia
The Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 (NT) was a law legalising euthanasia in the Northern Territory of Australia, which was passed by the territory's
Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995
Rights_of_the_Terminally_Ill_Act_1995
agents in danger of being captured by the enemy with suicide pills and devices which can be used to avoid an imminent and far more unpleasant death (such
Suicide_by_poisoning
2005. Gurner, Richard (March 26, 2010). "Johnny Hicklenton dies at Swiss euthanasia clinic". The Argus. Retrieved September 14, 2022. "Police: Washington
List of suicides (2000–present)
List_of_suicides_(2000–present)
American LGBTQ support service
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The_Trevor_Project
In the United Kingdom, both euthanasia and assisted suicide are illegal. Although it is an offence to actively end a patient's life, many doctors still
Euthanasia in the United Kingdom
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suggesting he had passed beyond desires (and thus perhaps an arahant). Self-euthanasia appears to be the context for his death. Another case is the story of
Religious_views_on_suicide
History of Medicine 43.6 (1969): 501–518. John D. Papadimitriou, et al. "Euthanasia and suicide in antiquity: viewpoint of the dramatists and philosophers
History_of_suicide
views on euthanasia, although many moral theologians are critical of the procedure. There are many views among Buddhists on the issue of euthanasia, but many
Religious_views_on_euthanasia
2015 Australian film
proceed with euthanasia in Darwin and died slowly in a hospital in Broken Hill, the fate he was trying to avoid. The euthanasia device invented by the
Last_Cab_to_Darwin_(film)
Groups of people killing themselves together
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Mass_suicide
Intentional act causing one's own death
providing either advice or the means to the end. Euthanasia, more specifically voluntary euthanasia, is where another person takes a more active role
Suicide
Ancient Greek personification of death
extraordinary medical treatment. Doctor Jack Kevorkian named his euthanasia device the Thanatron. Death drive Thanatosensitivity Thanatosis Thanatology
Thanatos
Feelings of or ideation with suicide
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Topics referred to by the same term
Decomposition or principal components analysis, in statistics Sarco pod, a euthanasia device POD, abbreviation used in hospitals for foot care (podiatry) Gun pod
Pod
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Social problem in Russia
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overseas users. Zurich voters heavily rejected both bans, despite anti-euthanasia lobbying from two Swiss social conservative political parties, the Evangelical
Suicide_in_Switzerland
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2006 book by Philip Nitschke and Fiona Stewart
provides information on assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia. Written by the Australian euthanasia campaigner and former physician Philip Nitschke and
The_Peaceful_Pill_Handbook
UK pro-assisted dying organisation
Dignity in Dying (originally The Voluntary Euthanasia Legalisation Society) is a United Kingdom nationwide campaigning organisation. It is funded by voluntary
Dignity_in_Dying
Roman Catholic Church document condemning euthanasia
The Declaration on Euthanasia is the Roman Catholic Church's official document on the topic of euthanasia, a statement that was issued as by the Sacred
Declaration_on_Euthanasia
Important character from the book of judges of the Hebrew Bible
sources using the name "Operation Samson" "Israel planned to detonate nuclear device in Sinai during Six-Day War". Ynetnews.com. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 11 August
Samson
Assisted suicide advocacy group
advocating legalisation of voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide. It was previously known as the Voluntary Euthanasia Research Foundation (VERF Inc.).
Exit_International
Sacrifice of one's life for the benefit of others
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Altruistic_suicide
Philosophical aspects and arguments about suicide
work parameter with ISBN (link) Paterson, Craig. Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia. Ashgate, 2008. Sartre analysis of Mersault, in Literary and Philosophical
Philosophy_of_suicide
Historical psychotherapy method
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Emulation of another suicide
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Copycat_suicide
Service providing immediate emergency telephone counseling
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Crisis_hotline
Deliberate death by means of a railway vehicle
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Rail_suicide
Social issue
proportion of euthanasia cases involving individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Between 2011 and 2014, 19% of euthanasia requests for psychiatric
Suicide among autistic individuals
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Type of grieving
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Suicide_bereavement
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Serious Social Problem
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Bullying_and_suicide
Scientific study of suicide and self-destructive behaviors
Depression (mood) Epidemiology of depression Epidemiology of suicide Euthanasia Gender differences in suicide List of countries by suicide rate List of
Suicidology
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Suicide_terminology
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Suicide_in_Sweden
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List_of_suicides_(1000–1899)
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List_of_suicides_(BC)
Laws concerning suicide around the world
Territory (ACT) governments had regularly advocated for the right to legalise euthanasia-related schemes between 1997 and 2022, when the federal ban was in practice
Suicide_legislation
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Suicide on the London Underground
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List_of_suicides_(1900–1999)
1991 book by Derek Humphry
the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–1999 at number 29. Euthanasia device Final Exit Network Suicide Suicide methods The Complete Manual of
Final_Exit
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EUTHANASIA DEVICE
EUTHANASIA DEVICE
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, from a place name in Berkshire originally called Windels-ora, WINDSOR means "landing place with a windlass." [note: windlass. naut. a device used for winding ropes.]Â
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Kent and Sussex)
English (chiefly Kent and Sussex) : occupational name for a designer or engineer, from a Middle English reduced form of Old French engineor ‘contriver’ (a derivative of engaigne ‘cunning’, ‘ingenuity’, ‘stratagem’, ‘device’). Engineers in the Middle Ages were primarily designers and builders of military machines, although in peacetime they might turn their hands to architecture and other more pacific functions.German : from the Latin personal name Januarius (see January 1). Jänner is a South German word for ‘January’, and so it is possible that this is one of the surnames acquired from words denoting months of the year, for example by converts who had been baptized in that month, people who were born or baptized in that month, or people whose taxes were due in January.
Surname or Lastname
English (southwest and South Wales)
English (southwest and South Wales) : metonymic nickname for a cunning or crafty person, from Middle English trick ‘strategem’, ‘device’ (from a Norman form of Old French triche).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a player of a musical instrument (any musical instrument, not necessarily what is now known as an organ), from Middle English organ (Old French organe, Late Latin organum ‘device’, ‘(musical) instrument’, Greek organon ‘tool’, from ergein ‘to work or do’).English : from a rare medieval personal name, attested only in the Latinized forms Organus (masculine) and Organa (feminine). Its etymology is obscure; it may be a reworking of a Celtic name.French : habitational name from a place in the Hautes Pyrénées named Organ.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in East Yorkshire near Bridlington, so named from Old English hearpe ‘harp’ (the instrument or the device used for purifying sea salt) + hÄm ‘homestead’.
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Telugu
Strategy; Idea; Trick; Solution; A Device; Planning
Girl/Female
Greek
Immortal.
Female
Greek
 Feminine form of Greek Athanasios, ATHANASIA means "immortal." Compare with another form of Athanasia.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : nickname for a crafty or ingenious person, from a reduced form of Old French engaine ‘ingenuity’, ‘trickery’ (Latin ingenium ‘native wit’). The word was also used in a concrete sense of a stratagem or device, particularly a trap.This surname has also assimilated reduced variants of Welsh Gurganus.
Female
English
English name derived from the flower name, "tansy," from a contracted form of Greek Athanasia, TANSY means "immortal."
EUTHANASIA DEVICE
EUTHANASIA DEVICE
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Indian
Forever
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Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Sikh
Family Deity
Male
Swiss
, (whom) Jehovah has set up.
Girl/Female
French
Dear one;darling'.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Handsome, Well proportioned
Girl/Female
Muslim
Bloom, Beauty
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English
English : nickname from Middle English marwe ‘companion’, ‘mate’, ‘lover’.
Boy/Male
Indian
Horse; Fish
Boy/Male
Hindu
Conqueror
Boy/Male
Tamil
EUTHANASIA DEVICE
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EUTHANASIA DEVICE
n.
Same as Euthanasia.
n.
The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes.
n.
Work or devices suitable to be concealed; a secret stratagem.
n.
An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired.
n.
To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over.
adv.
In a deviceful manner.
a.
A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness.
a.
Full of devices; inventive.
n.
Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle.
n.
A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so that they be burned.
n.
A sly trick or device; as, an undercraft of authors.
n.
Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares.
n.
One who, or that which, unloads; a device for unloading, as hay from a wagon.
n.
The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
n.
A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law.
n.
A letter, device, or the like, wrought into paper during the process of manufacture.
n.
A whimsical thing; an odd device; a trifle; a trinket; a gimcrack.
n.
A device emblematic of union, used on a national flag or ensign, sometimes, as in the military standard of Great Britain, covering the whole field; sometimes, as in the flag of the United States, and the English naval and marine flag, occupying the upper inner corner, the rest of the flag being called the fly. Also, a flag having such a device; especially, the flag of Great Britain.
n.
A device for assisting in threading a needle.