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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Suicide, Assisted
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Suicidio Asistido
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Suicídio Assistido
Synonyms
English
:
Assisted Suicide
Death, Assisted
Medically Assisted Suicide
Physician-Assisted Suicide
Tree Number:
E02.760.905.850
F01.145.126.980.875.300
I01.880.735.856.300
N02.421.585.905.850
SP9.020.010.060.020
Definition
English
:
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).
See Related
English
:
Euthanasia
Euthanasia, Active
Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary
History Note
English
:
93
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CL
classification
EC
economics
ES
ethics
EH
ethnology
HI
history
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
Record Number:
30490
Unique Identifier:
D017236
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