In 2015, 965 Swiss residents used assisted suicide services in Switzerland, according to the latest figures from the Swiss statistics office. That’s up from 742 the year before and a remarkable rise on the year 2000 when only 86 people resorted to assisted suicide. Read more >>
Continue Reading → SWITZERLAND: Assisted suicide increasingly popular in Switzerland
Switzerland's highest court reinforced a ban prohibiting assisted suicide organisation Dignitas from spreading clients’ ashes outside of cemeteries in canton Zurich. Read more >>
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The Swiss media are reporting that, according to the federal statistical office, the number of assisted suicide deaths increased by 26% in 2014. Read more >>
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According to an expert on the issue, once euthanasia is legalized it becomes a natural trend – and he cites astonishing numbers from a European country to support his argument. Read more >>
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A study on the personal and professional stances of 40 health and social care professionals confronted with assisted suicide of older persons in French-speaking Switzerland. Read more >>