assisted suicide

The intentional act of providing a person with the medical means or the medical knowledge to commit suicide.

— Also termed assisted self-determination; (when a doctor provides the means) physician-assisted suicide. Cf. EUTHANASIA. [Cases: Suicide 3. C.J.S. Suicide §§ 8–12.]

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