Suicide Tourism
This monograph explores the phenomenon of 'suicide tourism': where people travel to other countries to receive assistance in committing suicide because their national laws do not permit such a…
Specifikacia Suicide Tourism
This monograph explores the phenomenon of 'suicide tourism': where people travel to other countries to receive assistance in committing suicide because their national laws do not permit such a procedure. Freedom of movement granted by international law creates problems with policies constrained by national boundaries, and as more countries contemplate regulating assisted suicide there is now a pressing need for a theoretical investigation of the issues, that provides a thorough appraisal of the global situation.Switzerland is no longer the only country where a person can find assistance for legal suicide. A similar law has been passed in Croatia, and Dutch and Belgium laws do not prohibit assisted suicide from non-residents. Four states in the US that provide for physician-assisted suicide could certainly represent another form of suicide tourism, in that - although in principle