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Dignitas is a Swiss nonprofit organization providing physician-assisted suicide to members with terminal illness or severe physical or mental illness, supported by independent Swiss doctors. By the end of 2020, they had assisted 3,248 people with suicide at home within Switzerland and at Dignitas' house/flat near Zürich.^[1] They provide advisory work on palliative care, health care advance directives, suicide attempt prevention, and legislation for right-to-die laws around the world.^[2]

Members who wish to commit suicide must be able to prove they are of sound mind, as determined by the organization; be themselves able to bring about death; and submit a formal request including a letter explaining their wish to die and medical reports showing diagnosis and attempted treatment. For people with severe psychiatric illness, an in-depth medical report prepared by a psychiatrist is additionally required per a Swiss Supreme Court decision.^[3]

^ Karin. "Statistics". www.dignitas.ch. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ Karin. "Latest News / Blog". www.dignitas.ch. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
^ "Supreme Court of Switzerland, decision BGE 133 I 58 of November 3, 2006".