Assisted suicide ‘not a genuinely medical task’, says top Swiss doctor

The President of the Swiss Medical Association has spoken out on the subject of euthanasia. In an interview, Yvonne Gilli said that doctors should play a central role in assisted suicide in order to protect human dignity. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In view of the liberal Swiss system, she urged caution in an interview with the Neue Zürcher Zeitung to prevent abuse. She takes a critical view of a possible opening for healthy people who are tired of life. "In the past, death had to be imminent if someone wanted assisted suicide; today, suffering is the decisive criterion," she continued. + Is Switzerland a good place for the terminally ill? When asked whether she feared that Swiss doctors could come under pressure to provide assisted suicide, Gilli replied that she did not rule out a social development in this direction. However, every doctor must have the right to say no when it comes to medical convictions. "It is clear to me that assisted suicide ...