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Source: http://www.theguardian.com/society/...t-assisted-suicide-elderly-not-terminally-ill
Swiss group to allow assisted dying for elderly who are not terminally ill
Exit adds 'suicide due to old age' to its statutes, giving people suffering from age-related problems the choice to end their life
Maddy French
The Guardian, Monday 26 May 2014 16.27 BST
A Swiss organisation that helps people take their own lives has voted to extend its services to elderly people who are not terminally ill.
Exit added "suicide due to old age" to their statutes at an annual general meeting held over the weekend, allowing people suffering from psychological or physical problems associated with old age the choice to end their life...
...The move has been criticised by the Swiss Medical Association amid fears it will encourage suicide among the elderly. "We do not support the change of statutes by Exit. It gives us cause for concern because it cannot be ruled out that elderly healthy people could come under pressure of taking their own life," said the association's president, Dr J?rg Schlup...
Swiss group to allow assisted dying for elderly who are not terminally ill
Exit adds 'suicide due to old age' to its statutes, giving people suffering from age-related problems the choice to end their life
Maddy French
The Guardian, Monday 26 May 2014 16.27 BST
A Swiss organisation that helps people take their own lives has voted to extend its services to elderly people who are not terminally ill.
Exit added "suicide due to old age" to their statutes at an annual general meeting held over the weekend, allowing people suffering from psychological or physical problems associated with old age the choice to end their life...
...The move has been criticised by the Swiss Medical Association amid fears it will encourage suicide among the elderly. "We do not support the change of statutes by Exit. It gives us cause for concern because it cannot be ruled out that elderly healthy people could come under pressure of taking their own life," said the association's president, Dr J?rg Schlup...