Glossary / Lexicon

Physician-assisted suicide is defined as the administration of a lethal dose of some medication by a physician or arranging for a terminally ill patient to administer his or her own lethal dose of medication using a suicide machine. It is Euthanasia that involves a Physician who supplies the actual drug although not actually administering it himself or herself. Moreover, Physician-assisted suicide is defined as a form of assisted suicide in which it is a physician who intentionally provides the assistance that a person needs and uses to end his or her life