The Oxford English Dictionary defines suicide as the act of taking one's own life; it originates from the Latin word suicidium when broken down sui, means of oneself, while cidium, is equivalent to the suffix -cide which means killer ("Suicide"). ... Euthanasia is another word that most often comes to mind when speaking assisted-suicide and is most often transposed with the phrase physician-assisted suicide. ... As with other laws, the language used is open to interpretation. ... Patient's refusals of treatments must first be determined to be valid, that is, they must "represent th...

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