death tourist

(Medicine) informal a seriously ill person who seeks to terminate his or her own life by travelling to a country where medically assisted suicide is legal

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References in periodicals archive

GREEK authorities have heaped fresh anguish on the family of balcony death tourist Christopher Rochester.

8 long years & the pain goes on; NEW TWIST IN THE AGONISING SAGA OF GREEK PLUNGE DEATH

The Federal Council hopes changes to the law would help limit so-called "death tourists"--terminally ill foreigners who come to Switzerland to end their lives.

Limits on euthanasia?

Assisted suicides are legal in Switzerland but not in the UK, making the country a haven for 'death tourists'.

'Suicide' widow to be questioned

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