Those are all valid points. But oddly enough none of them seems to be a problem in Switzerland, where assisted suicide is legal since the 40s (as mentioned in the article).<p>On a sidenote: You can write a &quot;Patientenverfügung&quot; (loosely transelated: a patient&#x27;s will), in which you stipulate that you don&#x27;t want to be kept alive artificially in case of grave illnes.<p>This is respected by hospitals and doctors. Case in point was my mother, who had terminal cancer. The doctors gave her morphine to ease the pain and otherwise didn&#x27;t do anything to prolong her suffering.<p>She died in a dignified manner.