Dignitas (non-profit organisation)

Dignitas

Formation	1998
Founder	Ludwig Minelli
Purpose	Physician-assisted suicide
Location	Forch, Switzerland
Website	www.dignitas.ch

Suicide
Social aspects ACEs Altruistic Bullying List of suicides attributed to bullying Copycat Dysfunctional family Emotional isolation Epidemic Identity performance Legislation Loneliness Philosophy Religious views Right to die School bullying Shame Social alienation Social defeat Social exclusion Social invisibility Social isolation Social rejection Social media and suicide Social support Toxic workplace Voluntary euthanasia Workplace bullying
Crisis Assessment of risk Beck Hopelessness Scale Crisis hotline (list) IS PATH WARM? SAD PERSONS scale Intervention Prevention Suicide attempt Suicide watch
Types and methods Assisted Bullying and suicide (list) Cop Copycat Euthanasia device Familicide Forced Hanging Honor Jauhar Jumping Mass Murder–suicide Pact Internet Pilot Poisoning Prayopavesa Prisoner suicide Rail Sallekhana Sati Self-sacrifice Senicide Complex Seppuku Sokushinbutsu Suicide attack Suicide bag Vatakkiruttal Vehicle collision
Epidemiology Gender differences LGBTQ people Mormon Methods People with autism Rate by country Seasonal effects Suicidal person Youth mental health crisis Youth suicide
History List of suicides A–M N–Z LGBTQ suicides Suicide in antiquity List of suicides in the 21st century
In warfare Banzai charge Kamikaze Suicide mission
Related phenomena Anguish Alcoholism Anhedonia Animal loss Anxiety disorder Asperger syndrome Autism spectrum Conditions comorbid to autism Biology of depression Epigenetics of depression Causes of mental disorders Chronic condition Chronic pain Coping Coping planning Depression (mood) Diseases of despair Diseases of poverty Echo chamber Existential crisis Financial crisis Grief suicide bereavement Ideation Interpersonal relationships Locations Major depressive disorder Mental disorder Mental health first aid Neurodevelopmental disorder Non-suicidal self-injury Perfectionism Personal finance Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Poverty Psychological first aid Psychological stress Psychological trauma Schizophrenia Self-harm Self-hatred Substance abuse Suffering Suicidal ambivalence Suicide and the Internet Suicide and trauma Suicide awareness Suicide in colleges in the United States Suicide in music subcultures Suicide note Suicide survivor Suicide terminology Suicide tourism Suicidology Warning signs of suicide
By country Rate by country Afghanistan Australia Bangladesh Cameroon Canada China France Greenland India Iran Ireland Japan Lesotho Lithuania Nepal Pakistan Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom United States
Organizations Compassion & Choices Death with Dignity National Center Dignitas Exit International Final Exit Network Hemlock Society

Euthanasia
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Types
Animal Child Voluntary (Mental illness) Non-voluntary Involuntary
Views
Bodily integrity Culture of life Euthanasia and the slippery slope Free will Freedom of choice Religious Buddhist Catholic Right to die Right to life
Groups
Care Not Killing Compassion & Choices Death with Dignity National Center Dignitas Exit International Final Exit Network Hemlock Society World Federation of Right to Die Societies
People
Jack Kevorkian Philip Nitschke Barbara Coombs Lee
Books
Final Exit The Peaceful Pill Handbook The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
Jurisdictions
Australia Belgium Canada India Luxembourg Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Spain Switzerland United Kingdom United States Uruguay
Laws
1994 Oregon Ballot Measure 16 Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 (Australia) Baby Doe Law Washington Death with Dignity Act
Alternatives
Assisted suicide Palliative care Principle of double effect Palliative sedation
Other issues
Consistent life ethic Eugenics Euthanasia device Groningen Protocol Suicide tourism

Dignitas is a Swiss nonprofit organisation providing physician-assisted suicide, supported by independent Swiss doctors. By the end of 2020, they had assisted 3,248 people die by suicide in Switzerland. They provide advisory work on palliative care, health care advance directives, suicide attempt prevention, and legislation for right-to-die laws around the world.

Members who wish to end their life must be able to prove they are of sound mind, as determined by the organisation; be themselves able to bring about death; and submit a formal request including a letter explaining their wish to die and medical reports showing diagnosis and attempted treatment. For people with severe psychiatric illness, an in-depth medical report prepared by a psychiatrist is additionally required per a Swiss Supreme Court decision.