An example of physician-assisted suicide is
A)withdrawing life-sustaining treatment such as artificial respiration.
B)a doctor allowing a terminally-ill patient's condition to run its course.
C)a doctor providing lethal medication to a patient at the patient's request.
D)a lethal injection of medication administered by the state.

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Physician-assisted suicide refers to a physician providing lethal medication to a terminally-ill patient, at the patient's request, for the purpose of ending their life. This is different from withdrawing life-sustaining treatment (A) or allowing a patient's condition to run its course (B), as the intention in those cases is to let nature take its course, rather than actively ending the patient's life. Lethal injection administered by the state (D) is not considered physician-assisted suicide, as it is not performed at the request of the patient and is instead a form of capital punishment.

An Example of Physician-Assisted Suicide Is