This week, the Swiss Medical Association (SMA) tightened restrictions on assisted suicide, reported RTS.

The new directives require greater involvement from doctors. At least two doctor-patient interviews must take place. In addition, patients must prove their suffering is unbearable. These procedures must also be well documented. The new guidelines effectively prevent healthy people from accessing assisted suicide.
There is no legal requirement to follow SMA directives. However, medical professionals must follow them to avoid professional sanctions. The latest directives replace those from 2018. The section on assisted suicide (6.2.1) is set out in this PDF on page 22.
Assisted suicide associations have responded with disbelief. Organisations such as Dignitas, Life Circle and Exit are firmly opposed to the changes. According to them the new directives represent serious obstacles to assisted suicide. Jean-Jacques Bise, co-head of Exit in French-speaking Switzerland, thinks the new rules will be difficult to apply. He also thinks it’s unrealistic to have two interviews with a doctor due to the urgency of some requests.
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Will Johnson says
It is tragic that the Swiss Medical Association has decided to limit personal choice regarding end of life options for individuals with severe health issues and the elderly.
Howeve it sounds like the Swiss Assisted Death organizations can bypass their interference by ceasing the use of Nembutal and adapting other methods that do not require a prescription, such as Sarco with nitrogen, etc.
Hopefully the misguided SMA won’t attempt to undermine these options as well.
It seems arrogant and tragic to deprive suffering or elderly people of sound mind of the right to control the timing and means of their own deaths. We should all wish them well and not interfere with a choice that should be their decision alone.