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NCT04261088
Assisted Suicide in Switzerland
Conditions: Assisted Suicide
Sex: All
Ages: 18 Years – N/A
Healthy volunteers: No
Enrollment: 25
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Location: National Institutes of Health Clinical Center Bethesda Maryland
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.
Eligibility Criteria
* INCLUSION/EXCLUSION:
The study includes 25 interviews with Swiss experts that have been conducted.
* Gender: Men 14, Women 11
* Backgrounds of interviewees: Academics 14, Physicians and other medical care 6, Right to die associations 4, Government official 1
* Race and ethnicity: All white Swiss.
* Age range: Unknown, but all are adults.
* No vulnerable populations.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04261088). StuddyBuddy aggregates publicly available trial information.
