Assisted suicide in the United States
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assisted-suicide-in-the-united-states-181-10180975
title:
Assisted suicide in the United States
text:
In the United States, the term "assisted suicide" is typically used to describe what proponents refer to as medical aid in dying, in which a terminally ill adult is prescribed and self-administers barbiturates if they feel that they are suffering significantly. The term is often used interchangeably with physician-assisted suicide (PAS), "physician-assisted dying", "physician-assisted death", "assisted death" and "medical aid in dying" (MAiD). Assisted suicide is similar to but distinct from eut
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description:
Medically-induced suicide with help from another person
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_suicide_in_the_United_States
date created:
2009-06-23T00:36:21Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T20:34:27Z
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