http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/american-health-care Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:26:01 -0400 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:26:01 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/557/debating-voluntary-human-adult-euthanasia By Jeremy W. Wilson - Active euthanasia is most commonly associated with and frequently debated form of the practice. “Active euthanasia occurs when death is deliberately induced, as when a lethal dose of a drug is injected” (Santrock, 620). The most commonly referred to terms that come to mind when a person thinks of human euthanasia is not advanced directive or DNR orders but rather assisted suicide and physician-assisted suicide, also sometimes referred to as mercy killing. Euthanasia is almost always associated with an action that is performed on a patient to end their life rather than inaction in the... Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:44 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/557/debating-voluntary-human-adult-euthanasia