Assisted suicide and euthanasia in Switzerland: allowing a role for non-physicians

2003/01/30 by Samia Hurst, Alex Mauron · 193 citations
Medicine · Health Professions · Psychology · #Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues #Ethics in medical practice #Reproductive Health and Technologies #Assisted suicide #Position (finance) #Physician assisted suicide #Psychology #Political science #Medicine #Law #Criminology #Psychiatry #Business

paper · pdf · doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7383.271

published in BMJ 326(7383), 271-273

openalex publication_date 2003/01/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

<i>Switzerland has an unusual position on assisted suicide: it is legally condoned and can be performed by non-physicians. Euthanasia is illegal, but there is a debate about decriminalisation that also discusses participation by non-physicians</i>

Citations

• The History of Euthanasia Debates in the United States and Britain

Cited by

• Nonphysician-Assisted Suicide in Switzerland
• Two Decades of Research on Euthanasia from the Netherlands. What Have We Learnt and What Questions Remain?
• Assisted suicide [wikipedia]