This means that the person providing the means knows that what they are providing is going to be used to end a life. For example, the assistance portion cannot be composed of selling a gun to an individual with no knowledge of what it will be used for. When the means of ending the life is a medication prescribed by a doctor for this purpose, the act becomes known as physician-assisted suicide. When the assistance consists of a friend providing a weapon or family member providing a place for the act to occur, it is referred to as assisted
This means that the person providing the means knows that what they are providing is going to be used to end a life. For example, the assistance portion cannot be composed of selling a gun to an individual with no knowledge of what it will be used for. When the means of ending the life is a medication prescribed by a doctor for this purpose, the act becomes known as physician-assisted suicide. When the assistance consists of a friend providing a weapon or family member providing a place for the act to occur, it is referred to as assisted