Euthanasia and Physician-assisted suicide

Euthanasia noun - The act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness).

Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia are semantically related. in mercy killing topic. In some cases you can use "Physician-assisted suicide" instead a noun "Euthanasia".

Physician-assisted suicide noun - Assisted suicide where the assistant is a physician.

Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Euthanasia" with "Physician-assisted suicide", this terms are similar.