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PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE FOR THE TERMINALLY OR HOPELESSLY ILL, COMPETENT, ADULT PERSON SWITZERLAND --
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Physician-assisted suicide is legal in the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and Oregon, USA. In 2009 it also became law in Washington State and Luxembourg. But, except for Switzerland, the laws confine the procedure to residents only, and under strict conditions. Switzerland alone allows foreigners to come for hastened death, provided it is altruistic, not profit-making or evil. Two rightto-die organizations (both called EXIT) in Switzerland help only their own members to die, but DIGNITAS will help foreign visitors to die in cases which they feel justified because of the terminal suffering. The person must be a competent adult. The Dignitas operation is in Forch, near Zürich, Switzerland, and therefore operates under Swiss law, which, since l940, has permitted assisted suicide, with or without a doctor. ‘Assisted suicide’ in this instance means drinking a lethal overdose provided by Dignitas. Euthanasia (direct lethal injection) is illegal and not done. Swiss authorities are informed of all deaths as a matter of course. There are fees to be paid for documentation, registrations, certificates, etc.
A death arranged through Dignitas costs 3,500 Euros (about
£2,450 pounds sterling, or 4,240 US dollars), which includes all the administration fees and payment to the collaborators. Traveling expenses to Switzerland are extra. Members also pay a modest annual subscription. In certain cases, after considerable investigation, DIGNITAS will help an adult with long-time, severe, incurable mental illness to die. How to contact Dignitas in Switzerland: they must be fully informed IN ADVANCE of a person’s wishes, circumstances, medical condition, see the medical records, and agree to help. It is not a ‘walk-in’ clinic. Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.dignitas.ch
Mailing address:Postfach 9 - CH 8127 Forch, Switzerland Telefon:
+41-44-980 44 59
Dignitas is a member of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies – as is ERGO. Contact person is : Ludwig A Minelli, attorney. (Speaks English) This is an informational message from ERGO at http://www.finalexit.org
JULY 2009
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IN
Information only
Physician-assisted suicide is legal in the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and Oregon, USA. In 2009 it also became law in Washington State and Luxembourg. But, except for Switzerland, the laws confine the procedure to residents only, and under strict conditions. Switzerland alone allows foreigners to come for hastened death, provided it is altruistic, not profit-making or evil. Two rightto-die organizations (both called EXIT) in Switzerland help only their own members to die, but DIGNITAS will help foreign visitors to die in cases which they feel justified because of the terminal suffering. The person must be a competent adult. The Dignitas operation is in Forch, near Zürich, Switzerland, and therefore operates under Swiss law, which, since l940, has permitted assisted suicide, with or without a doctor. ‘Assisted suicide’ in this instance means drinking a lethal overdose provided by Dignitas. Euthanasia (direct lethal injection) is illegal and not done. Swiss authorities are informed of all deaths as a matter of course. There are fees to be paid for documentation, registrations, certificates, etc.
A death arranged through Dignitas costs 3,500 Euros (about
£2,450 pounds sterling, or 4,240 US dollars), which includes all the administration fees and payment to the collaborators. Traveling expenses to Switzerland are extra. Members also pay a modest annual subscription. In certain cases, after considerable investigation, DIGNITAS will help an adult with long-time, severe, incurable mental illness to die. How to contact Dignitas in Switzerland: they must be fully informed IN ADVANCE of a person’s wishes, circumstances, medical condition, see the medical records, and agree to help. It is not a ‘walk-in’ clinic. Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.dignitas.ch
Mailing address:Postfach 9 - CH 8127 Forch, Switzerland Telefon:
+41-44-980 44 59
Dignitas is a member of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies – as is ERGO. Contact person is : Ludwig A Minelli, attorney. (Speaks English) This is an informational message from ERGO at http://www.finalexit.org
JULY 2009
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