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Definition of Physician-assisted suicide
1. Noun. Assisted suicide where the assistant is a physician.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Physician-assisted Suicide
Literary usage of Physician-assisted suicide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Assisted Suicide edited by Michael Bilirakis (1998)
"With physician-assisted suicide debated in legislatures and courts, ...
physician-assisted suicide would discard the current and longstanding ethic where ..."
2. Achieving Independence edited by Linda Toms-Barker, Gina McDonald, Speed Davis, Andy Imparato (1997)
"Physician-Assisted Suicide Discussion led by Diane Coleman Physician-assisted
suicide has recently been declared a constitutional right in the second and ..."
3. Useful Knowledge: The American Philosophical Society Millennium Program by Alexander G. Bearn, American Philosophical Society (1999)
"An initiative was placed on the ballot which legalized physician-assisted suicide.
It was called the "Death with Dignity Act." It sprang from the grassroots ..."
4. Useful Knowledge: The American Philosophical Society Millennium Program by Alexander G. Bearn, American Philosophical Society (1999)
"An initiative was placed on the ballot which legalized physician-assisted suicide.
It was called the "Death with Dignity ..."
5. Ethical Considerations for Research on Housing-related Health Hazards by Bernard Lo, Mary Ellen O'Connell (2005)
"... for incompetent patients, physician-assisted suicide, ethical issues regarding
HIV infection, and the doctor-patient relationship in managed care. ..."