A qualitative study on existential suffering and assisted suicide in Switzerland
Abstract Background In Switzerland, people can be granted access to assisted suicide (AS) on condition that the person whose wish is to die performs the fatal act, that he has his decisional capacity and that the assisting person’s conduct is not selfishly motivated. No restrictions relating to the...
Main Authors: | Marie-Estelle Gaignard, Samia Hurst |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-05-01
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Series: | BMC Medical Ethics |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12910-019-0367-9 |
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