Wrongful birth
Assisted reproductive technologies
Passive Euthanasia
Murder
Abortion
Elder abuse
Active Euthanasia
Wrongful life
Euthanasia
PDE
Palliative care
Action in negligence against the health professional in failing to diagnose a pregnancy and therefore denies the woman a chance of terminating the pregnancy.
An approach to improve the quality of life of clients and their families facing problems associated with life-limiting illness.
Action taken by a disabled child who was born following negligent care of the mother
Involves causing the death of a person through a direct action, in response to a request from that person.
A term referring to any knowing, intentional, or negligent act by a caregiver or any other person that causes harm or a serious risk of harm to a vulnerable adult.
Hastening the death of a person by altering some form of support and letting nature take its course.
Application of laboratory or clinical techniques to gametes and/or embryos for the purpose of reproduction
Term normally implies an intentional termination of life by another at the explicit request of the person who wishes to die.
The unlawful killing of another human being without justification or excuse
Permissibility of acting when one's otherwise legitimate act may also cause an effect one would normally be obliged to avoid.
The spontaneous or artificially induced expulsion of an embryo or fetus. As used in legal context, the term usually refers to induced abortion.
