“安乐死”一词源出于希腊文Euthanasia ,是由美好和死亡两个词所组成。其原意是指舒适或无痛苦地死亡或安然去世。安乐死并不是生与死的选择,而是死亡方式的选择。选择的目的是通过人工调节和控制,使死亡呈现出一种良好的状态,以避免精神和肉体的痛苦折磨,改善患者濒临死亡时 The term “euthanasia” stems from the Greek Euthanasia, which is composed of two words, good and death. Its original meaning is to die comfortably or painlessly or to die peacefully. Euthanasia is not a matter of life and death, but a way of death choice. The purpose of selection is to render deaths in good condition through manual adjustment and control so as to avoid mental and physical suffering and to improve the patient’s dying condition