First, lets start with the definitions.

Assisted suicide is the common term for actions by which an individual helps another person voluntarily bring about his or her own death. "Assistance" may mean providing one with the means (drugs or equipment) to end one's own life, but may extend to other actions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_suicide

Euthanasia refers to the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering. Euthanasia is categorized in different ways, which include voluntary, non-voluntary, or involuntary. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia
My stance on assisted suicide and Euthanasia is that, if the patient does not want to live, why must we keep him alive? Nobody has the right to impose on the terminally-ill and the dying the obligation

to live out their life in unbearable suffering and anguish where they themselves have persistently expressed the wish to end it. There is no implied obligation on any health worker to take part in an act of euthanasia, nor can such an act be interpreted as the expression of lesser consideration for human life. The places that openly and legally, authorize active assistance in dying of patients, are: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Oregon (via the Oregon Death with Dignity Act), Washington (by Washington Death with Dignity Act) Switzerland (1941, physician and non-physician assisted suicide only); Belgium (2002, permits 'euthanasia' but does not define the method; Netherlands (voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide lawful since April 2002 but permitted by the courts since l984).

I feel that it is important to have more than one physician study a person, as well as the need to see psychiatrists to rule out mental disorders that can easily be treated. I do not feel that family members should have a say in the end. It should be up the patient and they should not be guilted into changing their minds, due of the selfish nature of suicide. Now, if a family member wants to assist a person, with no help from a physician or psychiatrist, I feel that can be a very dangerous game. Sure, you may know that family member, but you dont know if these thoughts and feelings are from treatable psychological disorders, or if it really is what the person wants. There are a few more states and countries that have some sort of laws and regulations in place regarding assisted suicide and euthanasia. Unfortunately many states do not have anything for or against it. This leaves a terrible grey area for physicians who want to help their patients, but fear the repercussions.