Related Experiment Video
Updated: Sep 15, 2025

Double Direct Injection of Blood into the Cisterna Magna as a Model of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Published on: August 30, 2020
Historical Review of Euthanasia. From Ancient Times until before Modern Times
A Spinthouraki1, S N Michaleas1, I Nikolakakis1
1Department of History of Medicine and Medical Ethics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
None:
The historical review of euthanasia shows the pivotal role played by Christianity in the perceptions and attitudes towards it. In ancient Greece and Rome, euthanasia was rejected by medicine, but philosophy and ethics supported it as an attitude to life. Euthanasia was synonymous with an honorable and good death, and as a means of avoiding the sufferings that old age might bring. These attitudes and perceptions changed with the establishment of Christianity. Euthanasia was characterized as a forbidden act and as an insult to God against the gift of life that was given to man.
More Related Videos
Related Concept Videos
Ethical Dilemmas II
Ethical Issues
Ethical Concerns in Healthcare:
Psychosurgery
Historical Development of Psychosurgery
In the 1930s, Portuguese neurologist Antonio Egas Moniz introduced a surgical procedure designed...
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Drug Regulation
Ethics and Bioethics

