07-05-2010, 10:16 PM
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For those requiring more clarification
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Originally Posted by iamkeri1
I think some of you are mixing up euthanasia with assisted suicide. I believe in assisted suicide, though it is a concept that I regard with extreme sadness.
Euthanasia is the ending of life by someone other than the person whose life is being ended, with or without their permission.
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Keri
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Main Entry: assisted suicide
Function: noun
Date: 1976
: suicide committed by someone with assistance from another person; especially : physician-assisted suicide
Main Entry: eu·tha·na·sia
Pronunciation: \ˌyü-thə-ˈnā-zh(ē-)ə\
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek, easy death, from euthanatos, from eu- + thanatos death — more at thanatos
Date: 1869
: the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy
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