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Assisted Suicide in Switzerland

NCT04261088 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 25

Last updated 2026-05-22

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Summary

Background:

Researchers want to learn more about how the Swiss model of assisted suicide works. To do this, they have interviewed 25 Swiss experts. The researchers will draw on research in the fields of ethics, law, and medicine to analyze the transcripts.

Objective:

To describe the practice of assisted suicide in Switzerland and to study how the policy is carried out, how the right-to-die societies work, and the ethical implications of the practice.

Eligibility:

Swiss experts in the field of assisted suicide

Design:

The study includes 25 interviews that have already been conducted. The participants were:

* academics
* doctors and others in medical care
* a government official
* representatives of right-to-die societies.

Researchers will analyze the data using qualitative methods. Two researchers will develop a coding scheme and code the texts and analyze the data.

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Conditions

  • Assisted Suicide

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Scott Y Kim, M.D. · National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-02-03
Primary Completion
2027-01-31
Completion
2027-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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