The will to die – The Hindu (Oct 12, 2017)

The will to die – The Hindu (Oct 12, 2017)

The debate on allowing euthanasia as a means to protect the dignity of patients in a vegetative state has crystallised into a key question…. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-1 (To Improve English Vocabulary)

1. will (noun) – desire, wish, preference.
2. living will (noun) – an advance directive; written statement regarding an unconscious patient’s medical treatment based on that particular patient’s own desire provided when he/she was of sound mind, as the patient could not provide “informed consent” after going into coma.
3. euthanasia (noun) – mercy killing, easy/assisted death; painless killing of a patient when his/her health  condition is beyond cure and irreversible.
4. vegetative (adjective) – inactive, unconsciousness, insensibility.
5. crystallise (verb) – become clear/definite, emerge, materialise.
6. lay down (phrasal verb) – formulate, stipulate, frame.
7. incapacitation (verb) – a state or condition of incapacity/disability(when unable to do things normally).
8. fraught with (adjective) – full of, filled with, charged with/loaded with.
9. implications (noun) – consequence/result ramification, repercussion.
10. waive (verb) – relinquish, renounce, give up/abandon.
11. caregiver (noun) – attendant, aide/helper, personal assistant.
12. imply (verb) – suggest, hint, say indirectly.
13. obligation (noun) – duty, commitment, responsibility.
14. paramount (adjective) – most important, of greatest/prime importance.
15. health care proxy (noun) – a person (an agent) appointed to express the patient’s wishes and make healthcare decisions for the patient if he/she can not speak for him/herself.
16. reserve (verb) – retain, keep, hold (a right).
17. passive (adjective) – submissive/unassertive, unresisting, long-suffering.
18. draw up (phrasal verb) – formulate, frame, prepare.
19. stringent (adjective) – strict, firm, tough/rigorous.
20. kick in (phrasal verb) – come into effect.
21. ought to (modal verb) – must, should.

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