The Death with Dignity Act empowers physicians with the legal ability to provide aid in dying (the voluntary self-administration of lethal medications) to the patient; however, the act specifically prohibits euthanasia, (where anyone other than the patient directly administers the prescribed medication to terminate life). ... This type of euthanasia is commonly practiced in the United States legally, and remains the center of many bioethical debates (Encyclopedia of Bioethics 564)...

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