assisted suicide

1. suicide facilitated by another person, especially a physician, who organizes the logistics of the suicide, as by providing the necessary quantities of a poison. medicide.

Word History and Origins

Origin of assisted suicide¹

1975–80

Example Sentences

He talks candidly about the saga, non-monogamy, assisted suicide, and why he is ‘bored’ of the gay actor debate.

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Clinic Director Pleiter thinks giving psychiatric patients a chance at assisted suicide is important.

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The stigmatized legacy of assisted suicide also may be a factor in the decline of geriatric suicides.

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However, by and large, Goodwin says, participating in assisted suicide has been “incredibly rewarding.”

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Goodwin became involved in the effort to legalize physician-assisted suicide because of his own experiences as a physician.

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Related Words

• assisted dying