Black, Isra;
(2014)
EXISTENTIAL SUFFERING AND THE EXTENT OF THE RIGHT TO PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE IN SWITZERLAND: Gross v Switzerland [2013] ECHR 67810/10.
Medical Law Review
, 22
(1)
pp. 109-118.
10.1093/medlaw/fwt038.
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Abstract
In Gross v Switzerland, the European Court of Human Rights held by 4-3 majority that Switzerland had violated the right to decide when and how to die included in the right to respect for private and family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. To comply with the ruling, Switzerland must issue guidance detailing the circumstances (if any) under which physicians may lawfully prescribe lethal medication to competent individuals who have a voluntary and settled wish to die, yet whose suffering is not the product of a medical condition likely to result in death in the near future.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | EXISTENTIAL SUFFERING AND THE EXTENT OF THE RIGHT TO PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE IN SWITZERLAND: Gross v Switzerland [2013] ECHR 67810/10 |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1093/medlaw/fwt038 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwt038 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Social Sciences, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Law, Medicine, Legal, Government & Law, Legal Medicine |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Laws UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10158302 |
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