Sentences with phrase «painless killing of»

Euthanasia — the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease.

In the veterinary realm, government and professional oversight has led to the development of strict dosage guidelines for the appropriate painless killing of animals.

Permitting the Destruction of Life profoundly influenced the values of the general public and the ethics of the German medical and legal communities — to the point that a 1925 poll of the parents of disabled children reported that 74 percent of them would agree to the painless killing of their own children!

You will need to discover the right formula for a quick and painless kill of those enemies you come across.

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When the State Kills is the model for such an approach, with fascinating and accessible chapters on such topics as the never - ending quest for «painless» executions, the role of and pressures on the jury in capital cases, the portrayal of executions in contemporary films, and the increasingly desperate efforts of death - penalty lawyers to ensure that those who are condemned to die have received something approximating fair treatment under the law.

In the wider animal welfare world, the big issue of the day was not how to save animals, but how best to kill them in as painless and efficient a manner as possible.

Webster's defines euthanasia as «the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy».

Although the definitions vary, to clarify what euthanasia and assisted suicide mean, the Merriam - Webster dictionary defines euthanasia as the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (e.g., persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy.