| 1. | This type of voluntary death is referred to as passive euthanasia.
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| 2. | While rejecting Pinki Virani's plea for Shanbaug's euthanasia, the court laid out guidelines for passive euthanasia.
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| 3. | In March 2011, the Supreme Court of India, passed a historic judgement-law permitting Passive Euthanasia in the country.
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| 4. | Baroness Wootton introduced a Bill to the Lords in 1976 on the matter of " passive euthanasia ".
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| 5. | It's a form of passive euthanasia.
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| 6. | "The Netherlands is applying passive euthanasia in a case where the patient is still able to live, " he said.
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| 7. | According to these guidelines, passive euthanasia involves the withdrawing of treatment or food that would allow the patient to continue living.
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| 8. | In 1975, Rachels'most widely debated article, " Active and Passive Euthanasia, " was published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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| 9. | "It's called passive euthanasia, " said Dr . Norman Fost, director of the Program in Medical Ethics at the University of Wisconsin.
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| 10. | While it turned down the mercy killing petition on 7 March 2011, the court, in a landmark decision, allowed passive euthanasia in India.
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