Existential suffering and the extent of the right to physician-assisted suicide in Switzerland: Gross v Switzerland [2013] ECHR 67810/10

TY - JOUR

T1 - Existential suffering and the extent of the right to physician-assisted suicide in Switzerland

T2 - Gross v Switzerland [2013] ECHR 67810/10

AU - Black, Isra

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

U2 - 10.1093/medlaw/fwt038

DO - 10.1093/medlaw/fwt038

M3 - Article

C2 - 24478448

SN - 0967-0742

VL - 22

SP - 109

EP - 118

JO - Medical Law Review

JF - Medical Law Review

IS - 1

ER -