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444 Chapter 11 Hunan Developtnent Adolescence, Adttltlrood, and Death Should tern'rinally ill patier.rts be allowed to er.rd their pain and suffering through suicide? This question is a subject of heated debate and legal contl'ovelsv. On one side ale those who believe that people have a "right to die"-irl particular, a right to die with dignity. On the <-rthet'are those who believe that each hunran life is sacred and must not be ended by artificial means. Those who believe in the right to die supporl the prac- tice oI assisted suicide, in which a physician helps a ter- minally ill patient self-administer a lethal drug. Opponents claim that assisted suicide does not differ significantly from euthanasia, or "mercy killing," which is legally equiv- alent to murder- Although polls indicate that a nlajority of pe