Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dysthanasia

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Dysthanasia
An obvious POV fork to contrast with euthanasia. Its use is very uncommon (173 Google hits) and it is effectively a neologism. Delaying someone's death for whatever reason is not normally called dysthanasia. Delete. JFW | T@lk  20:57, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Dysthanasia would not mean prolonging life, but killing in a bad way (e.g. painfully and unnecessarily). Although, I do think there should be an article about the controversy surrounding the unnecessary prolonging of the lives of those who are irrecoverably suffering. -- BD2412  talk  21:40, 2005 May 18 (UTC)
 * Delete. Neologism. Invalid way of covering a valid issue. -Willmcw 22:00, May 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Neologism. Perhaps if it catches on in a few years it may warrant an article, but then again this isn't a dictionary either.--Heathcliff 22:34, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Neologism. EvilPhoenix 04:58, May 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Dysthanasia is when a patient, despite being in terminal condition, is nevertheless subjected to all sort of treatments to extend his/her life, unnecessarily prolonging a state of suffering and pain. Dysthanasia is an accepted medical term, and it even appears in the Spanish version of Wikipedia. 200.30.133.115.
 * Note: creator of the article. Also deleted text from Heathcliff's vote. By the way, this is not the Spanish Wikipedia, and it has no current use in English. Pubmed cites various uses, but always in "quotation" marks or in other forms that indicate it is a neologism. JFW | T@lk  20:05, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, use in Spanish proves it is a real concept in use. Kappa 09:33, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Hmm... about 1 kilogoogles on the Spanish term. Suggests we're still looking at a neologism.  Can someone check the IP of the user that created the article on es: to see if it's close enough to the one above?  We could do with some articles on the whole "to help or not to help someone to die" thing, but this reads like a veiled attack on the anti-euthanasia crowd, and inherently biased.  Chris talk back 02:03, 21 May 2005 (UTC)


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