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First Known Use of physician-assisted suicide
1987
PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE Defined for English Language Learners
physician-assisted suicide
Definition of physician-assisted suicide for English Language Learners
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: suicide that is done with the help of a doctor
Medical Dictionary
physician-assisted suicide
medical Definition of physician-assisted suicide
- Proponents of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide claim that the principle of respect for autonomy requires that patients be allowed to choose the manner of their death.
- —Robert I. Misbin, The New England Journal of Medicine, 31 Oct. 1991
Law Dictionary
physician-assisted suicide
legal Definition of physician-assisted suicide
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