Assisted suicide | Someone makes the means of death available but does not act as the direct agent of death |
Euthanasia | A medical professional administers a lethal dose of medication to intentionally end a patient’s life |
Hastened death | Someone who acts on their desire to control the circumstances of their death with or without assistance from another individual |
Physician assisted suicide | A medical provider writes a prescription for a lethal dose of a drug to be self-administered by a competent, terminally ill patient |
Suicide | Self-caused death |