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Switzerland
Assisted-suicide booms in Switzerland
Jared Yee | 27 February 2012
The number of patients in Switzerland who killed themselves with the help of assisted-suicide organisations rose significantly in 2011, new figures show.
Zurich voters want assisted suicide to stay
Peter Saunders | 17 May 2011
Voters in Zurich, Switzerland, have today rejected proposed bans on assisted suicide and ‘suicide tourism’. A proposal to restrict access for foreigners to assisted suicide only to those living at least one year in the canton was rejected by 78.4 percent of voters.
Dignitas boss: let partners of terminally ill who commit suicide die too
Michael Cook | 04 November 2010
The founder of controversial Swiss assisted-suicide clinic Dignitas, Ludwig Minelli, has said that anyone whose terminally ill partner commits suicide should also be assisted in dying – even if they are in perfect physical health.
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