Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Assisted Suicide

Provision (by a physician or other health professional, or by a family member or friend) of support and/or means that gives a patient the power to terminate his or her own life. (from APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed).

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Provision (by a physician or other health professional, or by a family member or friend) of support and/or means that gives a patient the power to terminate his or her own life. (from APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed).

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16 entry terms
  • Death, Assisted
  • Suicide, Assisted
  • Assisted Death
  • Assisted Deaths
  • Assisted Suicides
  • Deaths, Assisted
  • Suicides, Assisted
  • Medically Assisted Suicide
  • Medically Assisted Suicides
  • Physician-Assisted Suicide
  • Suicide, Medically Assisted
  • Suicides, Medically Assisted
  • Physician Assisted Suicide
  • Physician-Assisted Suicides
  • Suicide, Physician-Assisted
  • Suicides, Physician-Assisted

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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  • Euthanasia (1976-1992)
  • Suicide (1976-1992)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Assisted Suicide. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017236. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017236
  2. Assisted Suicide. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_suicide
  3. Assisted Suicide. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q689846