Exit (Switzerland)
| EXIT (German Switzerland) Association for humane dying | |
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| purpose | Mission statement: "Self-determination of people in life and in death" |
| President: | Marion Schafroth |
| Establishment date: | April 3, 1982 |
| Number of members: | around 120,000 |
| Number of employees: | 23 full-time positions spread over 30 people |
| Seat : | Zurich, offices in Bern, Basel and Giubiasco |
| Website: | http://www.exit.ch/ |
Under the name EXIT, there are two independent Swiss associations that campaign for euthanasia and also provide this in the form of suicide accompaniment: EXIT ADMD in French-speaking Switzerland ( Romandie ) and EXIT in German-speaking and Italian-speaking Switzerland .
history
The idea of founding the company is closely linked to Hedwig Zürcher (* 1905, former teacher from Bern ). She had incurable thyroid cancer and ended her life in 1989 with the help of EXIT.
EXIT ADMD ( Association pour le Droit de Mourir dans la Dignité ) was founded jointly by 20 people in Geneva on January 23, 1982 , EXIT (German-speaking Switzerland) was founded on April 3, 1982, also by Hedwig Zürcher (first vice-president) and Walter Baechi (first president) and 69 other people. Both organizations describe themselves as independent sister organizations, but they are ideally connected to one another. For the year 1994 the seat in Grenchen SO and a membership of 51,000 is given.
Membership and membership numbers
Members who have reached the age of 18 and who have Swiss citizenship or who are foreigners living in Switzerland can become members. According to a press release in 2019, EXIT (German-speaking Switzerland), based in Zurich, now has more than 120,000 members. EXIT (Romandie), based in Geneva, has around 29,000 members in 2019. Both organizations describe themselves as politically and denominationally neutral and are members of the “World Federation of Right-to-Die-Societies”.
activity
Exit's areas of activity are: living wills , palliative care through its own foundation, advice in the event of illness or old age complaints, including the granting of legal protection, suicide prevention and suicide accompaniment.
Suicide accompaniment
EXIT only provides suicide assistance for association members who are at least 18 years old and are Swiss citizens or who live in Switzerland.
There are five conditions for granting suicide accompaniment in accordance with the model: The person willing to die must be fully capable of judgment in the awareness of their own actions, it must be certain that they are not acting in an affect, there must be a persistent wish to die. In addition, it must be ensured that the person is not influenced by third parties and that they commit the suicide themselves. In addition, EXIT only accompanies people with a hopeless prognosis, or with unbearable complaints, or with unreasonable disabilities when suicide.
Exact checking of these facts and, if necessary, suicide accompaniment is carried out, according to Exit, by a group of people who have the "necessary life experience, knowledge of human nature and the corresponding skills" and who have completed a year-long training course with ongoing training. According to Exit, many companions come from medical or social professions
Once EXIT is ready to accompany the person, the time can be determined by the person willing to die at any time. In addition to the support, it is also a matter of being able to choose a method and a process that is reliable, does not endanger other people and does not cause additional damage through failure, which can further reduce the quality of life, in the event that the desire to commit suicide is realized.
In 2017, EXIT called for further liberalization of euthanasia. At the EXIT general assembly in 2019, it was decided that the association should intensify its commitment to easier access for elderly people to mortality.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ At a glance at exit.ch
- ↑ a b c d EXIT (Ed.) 30 years of commitment to self-determination. Festschrift
- ↑ a b Focus No. 12 of March 21, 1994
- ↑ History of EXIT on www.exit.ch
- ↑ Become a member on exit.ch
- ↑ EXIT has accompanied more suffering people. December 6, 2018, accessed May 21, 2019 .
- ^ André Baechler: Association Exit ADMD Suisse romande - Accueil. Retrieved on May 21, 2019 (Fri-FR).
- ^ Member associations of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies
- ↑ Exit at a glance at www.exit.ch
- ↑ Switzerland is becoming more attractive for dying tourists. Tages-Anzeiger from November 7, 2015.
- ↑ https://www.exit.ch/freitodbegleitung/bedingungen/
- ↑ conditions for suicide assistance , Exit.ch
- ↑ Accompanying suicides at www.exit.ch
- ↑ Tina Huber: Euthanasia is to be further liberalized. Tages-Anzeiger , June 3, 2017, accessed November 1, 2017 .
- ↑ Further remove the taboo on old age freedom. December 6, 2018, accessed May 21, 2019 .