A terminally ill female client chooses the time and place of her own death. This is an example of:
a. Suicide
b. Self-injury
c. Rational suicide
d. Planned suicide
C
In this situation, the person knows that she is going to die, so the decision of where to die is made freely and with sound mind. Suicide and planned suicide simply refer to intentionally taking one's own life. Self-injury is an active attempt to injure oneself.
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