Frei A, Schenker T, Finzen A, Hoffmann-Richter U
Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik, Basel.
Nervenarzt. 1999 Nov;70(11):1014-8. doi: 10.1007/s001150050531.
In the region of Basel in Switzerland 43 assisted suicides were registered between 1992 and 1997, eight percent of all suicides in the region. Assisted suicide was administered by the help-to-die society Exit. There was a psychiatric history in six of the suicides. Four of them suffered of serious physical illness as well. The analyses of these six suicides focuses on the conditions of assisted suicide in people with mental illness and the ethical problems arising.
在瑞士巴塞尔地区,1992年至1997年间登记了43起协助自杀事件,占该地区所有自杀事件的8%。协助自杀由“解脱”(Exit)临终关怀协会实施。其中6起自杀事件的当事人有精神病史。他们中有4人还患有严重的身体疾病。对这6起自杀事件的分析聚焦于精神疾病患者协助自杀的情况以及由此引发的伦理问题。