Assisted dying

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    The administration of medical procedures to hasten an individual's death; a legal form of assisted suicide. uncountable

    "I finished ECT in August 2020, and after a period of accepting there was no more treatment, I applied for assisted dying in December that year. It’s a long and complicated process. It’s not like you ask for assisted dying on a Monday and you’re dead by Friday."

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euthanasia

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"I finished ECT in August 2020, and after a period of accepting there was no more treatment, I applied for assisted dying in December that year. It’s a long and complicated process. It’s not like you ask for assisted dying on a Monday and you’re dead by Friday."

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