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right to die
right to die definition - legal
n
The right of a terminally
ill person to refuse to have her or his life extended by artificial or heroic
means and often called passive euthanasia; the withdrawal of feeding tubes and
other artificial means of life support from a terminally ill person. See also advance directive.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
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