The Oregon Death with Dignity Act declares that, "Should either physician have concerns about the patient's ability to make an informed decision, or feel the patient’s request may be motivated by depression or coercion, the patient must be referred for a __________________."
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Webster's New World College Dictionary (4th Edition, 2010) defines 'death' as: The act or fact of dying; permanent _______ of all life in a person, animal, or plant.
Collins English Dictionary defines 'death' as: The permanent end of all ___________ of life in an organism or some of its cellular components.
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia (2013) defines 'death' as: cessation of all life (metabolic) processes. Death may involve the organism as a whole (somatic death) or may be confined to cells and tissues within the organism. Causes of death in human beings include injury, acute or chronic disease, and neoplasia (cancer). The physiological death of cells that are normally replaced throughout life is called _____________; the death of cells caused by external changes, such as an abnormal lack of blood supply, is called necrosis.
The two leading causes of death for both men and women in the United States are heart disease and ___________.