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assisted suicide

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assisted suicide
n.
Suicide accomplished with the aid of another person, especially a physician.
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Noun1.assisted suicide - suicide of a terminally ill person that involves an assistant who serves to make dying as painless and dignified as possible
self-annihilation, self-destruction, suicide - the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit suicide"
physician-assisted suicide - assisted suicide where the assistant is a physician


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The diocese of Rome has declined to allow a Catholic funeral for the outspoken activist for assisted suicide, Piergiorgio Welby, after his doctor disconnected his respirator on December 2, 2006( LifeSiteNews, Jan 3, 07).
Kevorkian was finally convicted in 1999 for the 1998 assisted suicide of Thomas Youk, a 52-year-old Michigan man with Lou Gehrig's disease.
However, various cultures and religions view euthanasia and assisted suicide differently.
 
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