On another level, many in the medical community acknowledge that the assisted-suicide debate has been fueled in part by the despair of patients for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying. (2002 T4 #11#29)
acknowledge: admit
to admit that something is true or that a situation exists
community:a group of people who have the same interests, religion, race etc
On another level, many in the medical community acknowledge that the assisted-suicide debate has been fueled in part by the despair of patients for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying.