Hemlock Society

An American non-profit research and education organization, whose agenda is to increase public awareness of options for the terminally ill, and provide reference materials for interested parties—e.g., students, bioethicists, lawyers, and others—in part about assisted suicide

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Hem·lock So·ci·e·ty

(hem'lok sŏ-sī'ĕ-tē)

An organization devoted to the theories and procedures of suicide and euthanasia, whether by the patient's acting alone or with the assistance of the physician. Now restructured and renamed Compassion and Choices.

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