TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Assisted suicide on trial: The Swiss model faced with requests from people with psychiatric disorders
JO  - Sciences Sociales et Santé
A1  - Stavrianakis, A.
SP  - 93
EP  - 117
VL  - 36
IS  - 4
N2  - In Switzerland, assisted suicide developed outside of medical and juridical spaces, through activist associations. In the 1990s, intense confrontations between associations and the medico-administrative authorities led to the adoption of a moratorium on assisted suicide for people with mental disorders. It is in this context that a criminal trial was instituted against the psychiatrist Peter Baumann who broke this moratorium by helping an individual, Andreas U, to put an end to his life. The article highlights the heterogeneity of the positions of the actors involved in this case in terms of assessing Andreas U's capacity for discernment, the nature of the assessment made by Baumann, and the legitimacy of his actions. Through the study of the transformations of judgments rendered, from the first instance to the cantonal Parliament, the article illuminates tensions within the Swiss model of assisted suicide. Copyright © Sciences Sociales et Sante 2019.<p /> <p>Language: fr</p>
LA  - fr
SN  - 0294-0337
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1684/sss.2018.0126
ID  - ref1
ER  -