Allowance of doctors’ involvement | According to | |
Belgium | no → neutral* | Code of Medical Deontology of the Belgian National Council of Physicians, position modified in March 2006 |
Germany | no | Principles of the German Medical Association, position maintained in May 2004 |
The Netherlands | yes | Guidelines of the Royal Dutch Medical Association, position maintained in April 2002 |
Norway | no | Ethical Rules of the Norwegian Medical Association, position maintained in June 2002 |
Switzerland | no → neutral (AS) | Medical-ethical Guidelines of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences, position modified in December 2004 |
no (E) | ||
United Kingdom | no ↔ neutral | Official view of the British Medical Association, June 2000 (confirmed by a BMA representative vote, July 2006)† |
Unless specified, all statements refer to both assisted suicide and euthanasia
Italics: developments since 2000
* Concerns both euthanasia and assisted suicide as long as requirements of the euthanasia law (including presence of a physician) are met.
† Abolishing an earlier BMA representatives’ vote in July 2005 in favour of a neutral stance