physician-assisted
Medically supervised ending
Physician-assisted describes medical actions where a doctor provides the means for a patient to end their own life, typically by prescribing lethal medication.
The term appears most often in physician-assisted suicide or physician-assisted death, referring to practices legal in some jurisdictions for terminally ill patients.
The physician assists but does not directly administer the fatal dose—that distinction separates it from euthanasia.
Cessation of life
- dyingCeasing to live
- end-of-lifeNearing death phase
- terminalAt the endpoint
- lethalCausing or capable of death
injection · medication · compassionate · merciful · painless · voluntary · consent · suffering
Moral philosophy for medicine
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- beneficenceActive desire to help
Hippocratic · debate · controversy · religious · secular · philosophical · dignity · suffering
Control over one's fate
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- choiceAct of selecting
- intentionalDone on purpose
- KevorkianEuthanasia-promoting physician
Hemlock · hastened · deliberate · planned · rational · competent · decision · wish
Medical dispensing authorization
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- prognosisPredicted disease course
incurable · unbearable · suffering · palliative · sedation · symptom · management · referral
Official enactment of statutes
- statuteEnacted written rule
- safeguardsMeasures preventing harm
- eligibilityState of meeting criteria
- witnessesThose who observe events
documentation · prognosis · capacity · assessment · regulation · oversight · reporting · guidelines
death
Cessation of life
- dyingCeasing to live
- end-of-lifeNearing death phase
- terminalAt the endpoint
lethal · injection · medication · compassionate · merciful · painless · voluntary · consent · suffering · incurable
bioethics
Moral philosophy for medicine
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
beneficence · Hippocratic · debate · controversy · religious · secular · philosophical · dignity · suffering · mercy
self-determination
Control over one's fate
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- choiceAct of selecting
- intentionalDone on purpose
Kevorkian · Hemlock · hastened · deliberate · planned · rational · competent · decision · wish · request
prescription
Medical dispensing authorization
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
prognosis · incurable · unbearable · suffering · palliative · sedation · symptom · management · referral · protocol
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- statuteEnacted written rule
- safeguardsMeasures preventing harm
- eligibilityState of meeting criteria
witnesses · documentation · prognosis · capacity · assessment · regulation · oversight · reporting · guidelines · protection
physician-assistedunassisted
Without outside help
natural · unaided · hospice · non-medical · spontaneous
physician-assistedself-administered
Applied by the subject
self-inflicted · unilateral · independent · autonomous · self-directed
physician-assistednatural death
Death from internal causes
natural causes · organic · unplanned · spontaneous · letting nature take its course
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