physician-assisted suicide

noun

Definition of physician-assisted suicidenext
as in assisted suicide

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  1. assisted suicide
  2. mercy killing
  3. euthanasia
Noun
  • President of Sarco's operator, assisted suicide organization The Last Resort, Dr Florian Willet, was arrested after the woman's death and remains in custody, along with several others, whilst police investigate what transpired.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Now 77, Nitschke first explored the idea of delegating assisted suicide to machines in the 1990s.
    Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of assisted suicide
Noun
  • DJ Anne Harris is largely focused on mercy killing her relationship with Siobhan for Siobhan’s own good.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 May 2021
  • The doctor carried out the mercy killing with her family’s consent and support.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2019
Definition of mercy killing
Noun
  • At Venice, Almodóvar spoke passionately in defence of euthanasia.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Over the last couple of years, the poultry industry — in its efforts to stamp out the spread of bird flu — has killed tens of millions of animals by closing vents and cranking up the heat so the birds slowly die by heatstroke, the most cost-effective, and cruelest, form of mass euthanasia.
    Kenny Torrella, Vox, 16 Sep. 2024
Definition of euthanasia
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