Assisted Suicide in Switzerland: the Advent of a “Pattern for Misconduct”

Q3 Social Sciences

Swiss Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2021-01-29 DOI:10.2478/SJS-2021-0001

M. Berthod, Alexandre Pillonel, Dolores Angela Castelli Dransart

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Abstract

Abstract This article analyses the peculiarity of the assisted dying’s model in Switzerland. It postulates that the collectivity does not accept the act of suicide in itself; it rather accepts the fact of providing assistance for a death that is up to this day formally categorized as a “violent death”. Consequently, the framing of assisted dying and its implementation can be construed as a “pattern for misconduct”, which opens an original and pragmatic angle to understand one of the social issues in relation with the contemporary ways to end one’s life.

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瑞士的协助自杀:“不当行为模式”的出现

摘要本文分析了瑞士辅助死亡模式的特殊性。它假定集体本身不接受自杀行为;相反，它接受为至今仍被正式归类为"暴力死亡"的死亡提供援助的事实。因此，协助死亡的框架及其实施可以被解释为一种“不当行为模式”，这为理解与当代结束生命方式相关的社会问题之一打开了一个原始和实用的角度。

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Swiss Journal of Sociology Social Sciences-Social Sciences (all)

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1.50

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审稿时长

50 weeks

期刊介绍： The Swiss Journal of Sociology was established in 1975 on the initiative of the Swiss Sociological Association. It is published by Seismo and appears three times a year with the support of the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences. Since 2016, all the articles of the Swiss Journal of Sociology are available as open access documents on De Gruyter Open: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/sjs The journal is a multilingual voice for analysis and research in sociology. It publishes work on the theory, methods, practice, and history of the social sciences in English, French, or German. Although a central aim of the Journal is to reflect the state of the discipline in Switzerland as well as current developments, articles, research notes, debates, and book reviews will be accepted irrespective of the author’s nationality or whether the submitted work focuses on this country. The journal is understood as a representative medium and therefore open to all research areas, to a plurality of schools and methodological approaches. It neither favours nor excludes any research orientation but particularly intends to promote communication between different perspectives. In order to fulfil this aim, all submissions will be refereed anonymously by at least two reviewers.