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doctor-assisted suicide

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doctor-assisted suicide noun active euthanaaia, euthanasia, medically assisted suicide, mercy killing, physician-assisted suicide
Associated concepts: passive euthanasia


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But Nunez said polls showed residents favor doctor-assisted suicide.
Switzerland already allows doctor-assisted suicide for the terminally ill, but the Federal Tribunal has now put mental illnesses on the same level as physical disability.
On May 12, the House of Lords will be debating further Lord Joffe's controversial Bill, 'Assisted Dying For the Terminally Ill Bill', ( Formally called the Assisted Suicide Bill) which threatens to undermine the trust patients put in doctors by legalising doctor-assisted suicide.
 
 
 
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