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What a weird wording > Switzerland does not allow euthanasia, which involves health care practitioners killing patients with a lethal injection at their reques
by jajko 2y ago
What a weird wording
> Switzerland does not allow euthanasia, which involves health care practitioners killing patients with a lethal injection at their request and in specific circumstances.
And next line:
>Switzerland is among the only countries in the world where foreigners can travel to legally end their lives, and has a number of organizations that are dedicated to helping people kill themselves.
I can attest euthanasia is alive and well here, people travel great distances to end their misery here. My wife is a doctor here and this topic is not unknown, she handled that paperwork for few of her patients.
- wahnfrieden 2y agoGodard famously used these services recently
- crampong 2y agonot really, you can't euthanise (kill) someone but you can help them die, which the article points out - i.e. you can give someone a method to kill themselves with but you can't administer it to them > Swiss law allows assisted suicide so long as the person takes his or her life with no “external assistance”
- KPGv2 2y agoEuthanasia and suicide are not the same thing. - euthanasia is when someone kills you - suicide is when you kill yourself
- threatofrain 2y agoIMO that’s the same thing. Suicide by cop is not euthanasia. In our older years we often need someone’s help to do stuff, but insofar as the act facilitates our agency then it should be understood as our own action.
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- nerdjon 2y agoI was confused by that wording as well and had go to back and forth a couple times and still confused. I would think that them needing to press the button themselves would be enough to distinguish between euthanasia and suicide?