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Definition of Assisted suicide
1. Noun. Suicide of a terminally ill person that involves an assistant who serves to make dying as painless and dignified as possible.
Specialized synonyms: Physician-assisted Suicide
Definition of Assisted suicide
1. Noun. Suicide with the help of another person; especially suicide of a terminally ill person with the help of a physician; euthanasia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Literary usage of Assisted suicide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Achieving Independence edited by Linda Toms-Barker, Gina McDonald, Speed Davis, Andy Imparato (1997)
"Physician-assisted suicide Discussion led by Diane Coleman Physician-assisted
suicide has recently been declared a constitutional right in the second and ..."
2. Biomedical Issues in U. S. Public Policy (1993)
"Issues that are currently entirely matters of State law—eg, assisted suicide (32)—could
fall under the Federal rubric should they someday involve Federal ..."
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