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Dignitas (non-profit organisation)

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 in dying 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.

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• ▸Below Poverty Line
• ▸Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
• ▸Drug overdose

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