Active Euthanasia. This is a situation where medication is given with the express purpose.
Passive Euthanasia. This is the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, leading to smone's death.
In summary... Euthanasia is the deliberate and intentional killing of a human being by a direct action. & in such killing a lethal injection could be used OR when a patient's system becomes failure to perform even the most basic medical care such as the provision of nutrition and hydration, necessary to maintain life.
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