Supreme Court allows first-ever passive euthanasia; how it differs from active euthanasia | India News – The Times of India

Supreme Court allows first-ever passive euthanasia; how it differs from active euthanasia | India News – The Times of India

The Supreme Court of India has allowed passive euthanasia in the case of Harish Rana, reviving debate over the ethical and legal distinction between “letting a patient die” and actively ending life.Passive euthanasia typically involves withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment when a patient is terminally ill or has no prospect of recovery. In contrast, active…

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‘We will have to do something now’: Supreme Court moves on passive euthanasia plea | India News – The Times of India

‘We will have to do something now’: Supreme Court moves on passive euthanasia plea | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The choice is between an artificially sustained painful life and peaceful death. As a medical board of four specialised doctors told Supreme Court about the condition of 31-year-old Harish Rana who has been living with 100% disability in a permanent vegetative state for 13 years and stressed the negligible chance of his recovery,…

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