Conventional and assisted suicide in Switzerland: Insights into a divergent development based on cancer‐associated self‐initiated deaths

Conventional and assisted suicide in Switzerland: Insights into a divergent development based on cancer‐associated self‐initiated deaths

Abstract Background We tested the hypothesis of supporters of assisted dying that assisted suicide (AS) might be able to prevent cases of conventional suicide (CS). Methods By using data from the Federal Statistical Office, we analyzed the long‐term development of 30,756 self‐initiated deaths in Swi...

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Main Authors: Uwe Güth, Christoph Junker, Bernice Simone Elger, Constanze Elfgen, Giacomo Montagna, Andres R. Schneeberger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-08-01
Series:Cancer Medicine
Subjects:
assisted dying
assisted suicide
cancer
end‐of‐life decision‐making
suicide
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.6323

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