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Euthanasia: Current Problems in Japan
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 July 2009
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Approximately 30 years ago, a son prepared a cup of milk mixed with insecticide and arranged for his mother to unknowingly administer the poison to his father, who had been suffering severe pain after a cerebral apoplectic attack and demanding that his son assist him. in dying. After drinking the mixture, the father died, and the son was charged with homicide.
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- Special Section: Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide: Murder or Mercy?
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