assisted suicide

American  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of assisted suicide

1975–80

Example Sentences

Opponents refer to the issue as "assisted suicide" and say it is open to abuse, coercion and exploitation as well as putting pressure on vulnerable people.

From BBC

He said the two had planned out his brother's death as an assisted suicide a month before the incident.

From Fox News

A paralysed man who challenged the law which criminalises assisted suicide has died, aged 65.

From BBC

The initiative seeks to regulate euthanasia, in which a doctor administers a drug that causes death, and assisted suicide, in which a doctor gives a drug that the patients take themselves.

From Washington Times

With Lujan Grisham’s signature, there are now nine states - plus the District of Columbia - that have passed laws legalizing medically assisted suicide, according to the advocacy group Death with Dignity.

From Washington Times

Related Words

• assisted dying