0. Introduction 1. Why Switzerland? 2. What services could be expected in the UK? 3. The Law
4. The end-of-life Centres
4.1 How do they operate 4.2 Addresses and contact points 4.3 Main differences between them 4.4 Membership 4.5 Eligibility Criteria
5. Will you qualify?
5.1 Does your age make a difference 5.2 Can you go on your own? 5.3 What if you’ve got Parkinsons, Dementia or are taking medication for Depression? 5.4 What if you’re just worried about money?
6. Requirements
6.1 The paperwork requirements 6.2 The fees to be paid
7. How does your life actually come to an end 8. Comparative figures 9. Most people join for the re-assurance
10. Planning your visit
10.1 Forward planning 10.2 Which airport? 10.3 Which hotel? 10.4 Saying the farewells 10.5 What happens when you’ve died? 10.6 Your overall costs
11. Visits to the end-of-life Centres
11.1 My trip in 2022 11.2 Visit to Dignitas 11.3 Visit to Lifecircle 11.4 Visit to Pegasos 11.5 Visit to Athanasios 11.6 A note about EX International 11.7 A note about Phoenix Care
12. Can a change be expected?
12.1 Will the UK Law Change? 12.2 Will the Swiss Law Change
13. Opinions of the churches 14. Summary and conclusions 15. Appendix 1 – Relevant websites 16. Appendix 2 – Procedure on the day – the rules from Dignitas (excerpt from “How Dignitas works”) 17. Appendix 3 – Daniel Kahneman’s final letter 18. Appendix 4 – Supplement for US Citizens 19. Terminology
Section 15

Appendix 1 – Relevant websites

The end-of-life centres in Switzerland

​Dignitaswww.dignitas.ch
EX Internationalwww.exinternational.ch
Lifecirclewww.lifecircle.ch
Pegasos​www.pegasos-association.com
Athanasios​www.athanasios.ch
Phoenix Care​www.phoenix-care.ch

The campaign groups in the UK and USA

Assisted Dying Coalitionwww.assisteddying.org.uk
Care not Killingwww.carenotkilling.org.uk
Dignity in Dyingwww.dignityindying.org.uk
My Death My Decision​www.mydeath-mydecision.org.uk
Friends at the endwww.fate.scot
A Better Exithttps://abetterexit.org/
World Federation of Right to Die Societieshttps://wfrtds.org/
The Hemlock Society of San Diegohttps://www.hemlocksocietysandiego.org/
For patients in or near Vermonthttps://www.patientchoices.org

The helplines in the UK

​Samaritanswww.samaritans.org
​Mindwww.mind.org.uk
Suicide Prevention - UKwww.spuk.org.uk
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Appendix 2 – Procedure on the day – the rules from Dignitas (excerpt from “How Dignitas works”)
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