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Assisted Suicide: Let The Culling Begin
by DIG THE HEAVY | February 3, 2007 at 04:14 pm
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland - A ruling by Switzerland's highest court
released Friday has opened up the possibility that people with
serious mental illnesses could be helped by doctors to take their
own lives. Switzerland already allows physician-assisted suicide for terminally
ill patients under certain circumstances. The Federal Tribunal's
decision puts mental illnesses on the same level as physical ones...............More
"It must be recognized that an incurable, permanent, serious mental disorder can cause similar suffering as a physical (disorder), making life appear unbearable to the patient in the long term," the ruling said.



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