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Switzerland has legislatively permitted assisted suicide since 1942. For example, lethal drugs may be prescribed as long as the recipient takes an active role in the drug administration. Euthanasia (such as administering a lethal injection) is not legal.〔 The law does require a physician to be involved. It does not require the recipient to be a Swiss national. This latter aspect of the law is unique in the world, and the nation has come to be known for the phenomenon of "suicide tourism".〔 ==Legislation== The legality of assisted suicide is a result of article 115 of the Swiss Criminal Code, in effect since 1942, which provides: :"Inciting and assisting suicide: Any person who for selfish motives incites or assists another to commit or attempt to commit suicide shall, if that other person thereafter commits or attempts to commit suicide, be liable to a custodial sentence not exceeding five years or to a monetary penalty." Consequently, assisting suicide is a crime only if the motive for doing so is selfish, such as personal gain. When an assisted suicide is declared, a police inquiry may be started. Since no crime has been committed in the absence of a selfish motive, these are mostly open and shut cases. Prosecution can occur if doubts are raised about the patient's competence to make an autonomous choice, or about the motivation of anyone involved in assisting the suicide. Article 115 was interpreted as legal permission to set up organizations administering life-ending medicine only in the 1980s, 40 years after its coming into effect. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Euthanasia in Switzerland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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