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MeSH Heading: Suicide, Assisted
Tree Number(s): E02.760.905.850; F01.145.126.980.875.300; I01.880.735.856.300; N02.421.585.905.850
Unique ID: D017236
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017236
Scope Note: Provision (by a physician or other health professional, or by a family member or friend) of support and/or means that gives a patient the power to terminate his or her own life. (from APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed).
Entry Term(s): Assisted Suicide; Death, Assisted; Medically Assisted Suicide; Medically Assisted Suicides; Physician-Assisted Suicide; Suicide, Medically Assisted; Suicides, Medically Assisted
NLM Classification #: WB 65
Previous Indexing: Euthanasia (1976-1992); Suicide (1976-1992)
See Also: Euthanasia; Euthanasia, Active; Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary
Public MeSH Note: 93
History Note: 93
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/22
Revision Date: 2015/06/29

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Concept UI: M0026150
Terms: Medically Assisted Suicide Preferred Term
Term UI T051383
Date12/11/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Suicides, Medically Assisted
Term UI T051382
Date12/06/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Suicide, Medically Assisted
Term UI T051380
Date12/31/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Medically Assisted Suicides
Term UI T051381
Date12/06/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995)

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