the Hemlock Society

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• (the) Hemlock Society — the Hemlock Society [the Hemlock Society] a US organization that supports doctors who help people to end their own lives when they want to do so because they have a serious illness that cannot be cured. The organization was established in 1980… …   Useful english dictionary

• Hemlock Society — Hemlock So|ci|e|ty, the an organization in the US which aims to change the law that prevents helping seriously ill people to die if they wish to. The organization gives advice to such people and their families. There is a similar organization in… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Hemlock Society — a US organization that supports doctors who help people to end their own lives when they want to do so because they have a serious illness that cannot be cured. The organization was established in 1980 and in 1997 had 25 000 members in 80 local… …   Universalium

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