One type of suicide is physician-assisted 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. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, euthanasia is the means of bringing about a gentle and easy death ("Euthanasia"). ... The possibility of the occurrence of involuntary euthanasia due to abuse of a law legalizing physician-assisted suicide is a genuine fear of many opponents. ... Kevorkian crossed the line between assisted-suicide and euthanasia when in 1998 he gave Th...

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So, what is physician-assisted suicide?  ... Death, chose to participate as the first physician to assist in a suicide. ... Kevorkian has mentioned that, "My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience," he said. ... There are many arguments against assisted suicide, as well as arguments in favor of assisted suicide. ... Assisted suicide may be a compassionate response to unremitting suffering. ...

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