Commission on Social and Bioethical Questions2019-09-252019-09-252015-01-291981http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/217639"The word ’euthanasia’ (derived from the Greek eu and thanatos) has three primary meanings in common English usage: a) a gentle and easy death; b) the means of bringing about a gentle and easy death; and c) the action of inducing a gentle and easy death. The term is a synonym for mercy killing, and this involves either assisting a patient to commit suicide or administering ’painless’ or ’merciful’ death to a patient."engWith permission of the license/copyright holdereuthanasiamercy killingsuicidevoluntaryinvoluntaryconvertiblecompulsoryReligious ethicsMethods of ethicsTheological ethicsPhilosophical ethicsBioethicsMedical ethicsHealth ethicsChristian denominationsLutheranDogmaticsThe human beingPractical theology and theological educationTraining of church leadersMinisterial and pastoral trainingLay FormationPreprint