Is Assisted Dying the Same as Suicide?

Suicide ends a life that could have continued, and implies irrationality that is rooted in an identifiable mental condition which may be treatable with proper therapy and medications. By contrast, an assisted death ends the life of patient whose hope for continued living and cure is gone and is faced with suffering until death.

Suicide ends a life that could have continued, and implies irrationality that is rooted in an identifiable mental condition which may be treatable with proper therapy and medications. By contrast, an assisted death ends the life of patient whose hope for continued living and cure is gone and is faced with suffering until death.