Editing Assisted suicide (section)

===Concerns about use of the term "assisted suicide"===
Some advocates for assisted dying strongly oppose the terms "assisted suicide" and "suicide", and prefer terms such as "medical aid in dying" or "assisted dying". The motivation for this is to distance the debate from suicides commonly performed by those not [[Terminal illness|terminally ill]], as they believe that the use of "suicide" is not an accurate representation of the medical practice.<ref>{{cite web |title=Assisted Dying not Assisted Suicide |url=https://www.dignityindying.org.uk/blog-post/assisted-dying-not-assisted-suicide/ |website=Dignity in Dying |date=10 April 2013 |access-date=21 December 2018 |archive-date=6 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210406021722/https://www.dignityindying.org.uk/blog-post/assisted-dying-not-assisted-suicide/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Why medically assisted dying is not suicide |url=https://www.dyingwithdignity.ca/assisted_dying_is_not_suicide |website=Dying with Dignity Canada |access-date=21 December 2018 |archive-date=6 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210406021722/https://www.dyingwithdignity.ca/assisted_dying_is_not_suicide |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://apm.amegroups.com/article/view/50986/html|title=Assisted dying around the world: a status quaestionis|journal=Annals of Palliative Medicine|volume=10|number=3|date=March 2021|access-date=25 December 2021|archive-date=25 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225124317/https://apm.amegroups.com/article/view/50986/html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339055628|title=Las justificaciones de la muerte asistida|journal=Recerca Revista de pensament i anàlisi|number=2|date=2020|volume=25 }}</ref>

In November 2022 at its biannual Annual General Meeting, the [[World Federation of Right to Die Societies]] discussed and adopted the phrase "voluntary assisted dying" as the preferred terminology for this medical practice.{{cn|date=May 2025}}