Switzerland is the only country in the world where a foreigner can get lawful help to die.<\/p>\n
Switzerland is also the only country in the world where a person does not have be sick, suffering or disabled to get help to die.<\/p>\n
This is because the Swiss Penal Code contains a unique article, through a quirk of history that says that as long as a person’s motives are not selfish (eg. not motivated by money or other gain), then it is lawful to help a person to die. And you don’t need to be a doctor!<\/p>\n
Given the non-medical nature of Swiss law, why is it that the three main Swiss assisted suicide services that seek to help foreigners have adopted a medical model?<\/p>\n
The March 2019 PPeH update takes a fresh look at Dignitas (Zurich), lifecircle\/ Eternal SPIRIT (Basel) and EX International (Bern).<\/p>\n
In doing so we examine the experiences of Troy Thornton (2019), Professor David Goodall (2018) and Avril Henry who each applied to these services for an assisted suicide.<\/p>\n