TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Routine suicide assistance - reflections on the recent debate in Germany
JO  - Medicine and law
A1  - von Solodkoff, T.
SP  - 505
EP  - 514
VL  - 38
IS  - 3
N2  - At the end of 2015 the German parliament passed a new law, entitled Business-like Suicide Assistance, that effectively ended a rather liberal legal take on assisted suicide in Germany. The motivation behind the law was to prohibit Right-to-Die organisations such as Sterbehilfe Deutschland e.V as well as repeatedly acting individuals from assisting people in committing suicide. In response to the passing of §217 several individuals and organisations appealed to the German Federal Constitutional Court, asking it to rule the law unconstitutional. The court started debating six appeals earlier in 2019, and a decision is expected to be communicated by autumn/winter 2019. This article outlines the new law and articulates some concerns. © 2019, William S. Hein & Co., Inc.. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0723-1393
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -