thanatos definition
thanatos which means death. Thus, we can define euthanasia as a painless death, as well as the method of provoking (by the doctor) a painless early death to an incurable patient, in order to end a long and hard suffering.
thanatos. . „Eu‟ means well or good and „thanatas‟ menas death. So, euthanasia referes to the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve from pain and suffering. Accoridng to the British House of Lords select Committe on Medical Ethics, „euthanasa is a deliberate intervertion undertaken with the express intention of ending life, to relieve intractable suffering.‟ 1 In the Netherlands, euthanasia refers to the termination of life by a doctor at the request of a patient.2