Terry, a 73-year-old widower, was in the hospital for six months with cancer. Finally, the painful treatments got to be too much for him and he just gave up and let himself die. This passive form of suicide is best considered to be an example of:

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This scenario is an example of "submissive death," where an individual may not actively take their own life but rather allows themselves to die by not resisting death or refusing life-prolonging treatments.

Terry, a 73-Year-Old Widower, Was in the Hospital for Six