Help Assisted Suicide in Europe

[GTNHisLOVE]

As far as I know, Switzerland and Belgium legalized assisted suicide/euthanasia. Switzerland requires you to actually have a "valid" reason to be accepted for assisted suicide. I'm pretty sure general depression won't count as such.
I don't know anything about Belgiums laws, though. Can I, as a citizen of the EU, just go there and get euthanized?

Also, are there any other european countries which offer assisted suicide services/euthanasia? If yes, would it be possible for me to just.. go there and get it over with?

 

[Dayrain]

Can I, as a citizen of the EU, just go there and get euthanized?

No. I've heard it's predominantly for their own citizens. Switzerland is pretty much the only option for foreigners unless you are not terminally ill.

Also, are there any other european countries which offer assisted suicide services/euthanasia? If yes, would it be possible for me to just.. go there and get it over with?

Several countries offer services, but these organizations struggle to find doctors who are willing to ccoperate with them. Only Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland seem to have a stable base at the moment. But if one is not terminally ill you have to provide records of roughly 5-10 years of fairly extensive psychiatric treatment, based on reports, for even being considered.

 

[GTNHisLOVE]

But if one is not terminally ill you have to provide records of roughly 5-10 years of fairly extensive psychiatric treatment, based on reports, for even being considered.

Thanks for clarifying that for me. Guess thats not an option then :/

 

[goodoldnoname923]

No. I've heard it's predominantly for their own citizens. Switzerland is pretty much the only option for foreigners unless you are not terminally ill.

Several countries offer services, but these organizations struggle to find doctors who are willing to ccoperate with them. Only Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland seem to have a stable base at the moment. But if one is not terminally ill you have to provide records of roughly 5-10 years of fairly extensive psychiatric treatment, based on reports, for even being considered.

If they moved their and got a belgium citizenship would they be eligible then or does it not work that way?

 

[Dayrain]

If they moved their and got a belgium citizenship would they be eligible then or does it not work that way?

Everything is possible. Unfortunately I'm not an expert on this subject. If you have the "right" records I believe that you can go there as a foreigner as well. But who knows what the "right" records are? They seem to be right when they cover a very long period of time, but other than that I don't know. And all in all it's very expensive in pretty much any given scenario. On a whole it does not seem to be a highly fair process everywhere.

 

[jokster18]

People who want to commit suicide are gonna find a way and do it anyway, the system is flawed the medical establishment should assist with people suffering so they don't have to do it them selves and suffer In the process.