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单词 assisted death
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assisted death
assisted death n. the practice or an instance of euthanasia or assisted suicide.Somewhat rare before late 20th cent.
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1887 Syracuse (N.Y.) Standard 21 Dec. 2/1 One or two ugly stories of the assisted death of patients have reached the outside world.
1911 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch 24 Sept. 3 b/1 Shakers expect court approval of euthenasia [sic]... Before the ‘assisted’ death of Sister Sadie drew the attention of the country to the colony, a cordial welcome was offered to every visitor.
1980 Guardian 21 July 9/4 There might be real life difficulties in requiring every potential suicide to brief counsel to apply for a judicial declaration of fitness for an assisted death.
1998 Independent 4 Aug. i. 6/8 Certain forms of assisted death, including withdrawing food and water from people in a persistent vegetative state, and increasing the dosage of painkillers for the dying, have been approved by the church.
2008 D. Koontz Your Heart belongs to Me 256 Eleven assisted deaths in sixteen months. This ferrier had poled across the Styx with some regularity.
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