| LC control no. | sh 91004385 |
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| LC classification | R726 |
| Topical heading | Assisted suicide |
| Variant(s) | Assisted death (Assisted suicide) Assisted dying (Assisted suicide) Death, Assisted (Assisted suicide) Doctor-assisted suicide Dying, Assisted (Assisted suicide) MAID (Medical assistance in dying) Medical assistance in dying Patient-directed death Patient-directed dying Physician-assisted suicide |
| See also | Suicide Euthanasia |
| Found in | Work cat.: Humphry, D. Final exit, 1991 (assisted suicide) NEXIS (assisted suicide; physician-assisted suicide; doctor-assisted suicide) MEDLINE (89-91) Google search, Aug. 3, 2007 (assisted dying; assisted death - these terms are used in reference to both assisted suicide and euthanasia; patient-directed death; patient-directed dying) Human dignity and assisted death, [2018] Tiedemann, M. Assisted dying in Canada after Carter v. Canada, 2019 The state of knowledge on medical assistance in dying for mature minors, [2018]: title page (the Expert Panel Working Group on MAID for Mature Minors) Voluntary euthanasia and assisted dying, 2020 Stavrianakis, A. Leaving, [2020]: title page (a narrative of assisted suicide) Canada. Parliament. Senate. Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs. Subject matter of Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), 2021 Hannig, A. The day I die, [2022]: title page (the untold story of assisted dying in America) Marmoreo, J. The last doctor, 2022: title page (lessons in living from the front lines of medical assistance in dying) Merriam-Webster, online, viewed 5 January 2023: assisted suicide (noun; suicide committed by someone with assistance from another person, especially physician-assisted suicide; also assisted death) Oxford English dictionary, online, viewed 5 January 2023: assisted (assisted suicide: n. suicide effected with the assistance of another person, esp. the taking of lethal drugs, provided by a doctor for the purpose, by a patient considered to be incurable; assisted dying: n. the process by which a person who is terminally ill or suffering from an incurable condition voluntarily ends his or her life with the assistance of another person (typically a doctor who provides lethal drugs)--in later use sometimes distinguished from assisted suicide in being restricted to terminally ill adults meeting specific criteria, with euthanasia (n. 3) often used in similar contexts but does not always imply a voluntary action on the part of the person who dies; assisted death: n. the practice or an instance of euthanasia or assisted suicide) Concise medical dictionary, 2020: assisted suicide (the act of helping a patient to commit suicide by giving them the means (e.g. drugs) to do so) |
| Not found in | Hennepin; IAC |
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