The British House of Lords Select Committee on Medical Ethics defines euthanasia as "a deliberate intervention undertaken with the express intention of ending a life, to relieve intractable suffering".
Den britiske House of Lords Select Committee om Medicinsk Etik definerer eutanasi som "en bevidst indgreb foretages med den udtrykkelig hensigt at afslutte et liv, for at lindre intraktabel lidelser".