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	SocietyGuardian.co.uk \| Health \| How the charity helps people to die
		Dignitas says it gives people in unbearable pain from incurable diseases the chance to die in pleasant surroundings by the shores of Lake Zurich, at a time of their choosing.
		Dignitas says it goes through every check and will only help someone to die if they are absolutely certain the person is of a fit enough mental state to make the decision.
		Dignitas will then investigate the case and, if the application is successful, the person will be invited to the charity's plush flat in the centre of Zurich to see a doctor.
	society.guardian.co.uk /health/news/0,8363,1295927,00.html (567 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Dignitas: Swiss suicide helpers
		Dignitas interprets this to mean that anyone who assists suicide altruistically cannot be punished.
		Dignitas also provides a text for patients, which states their wish for assisted suicide in terms which cannot be misconstrued and which allows them to carry out their wishes even in the face of opposition, if necessary.
		Once the decision has been made, the patient travels to Zurich where he or she is taken to a Dignitas flat to administer the dose of barbiturates which will end his or her life.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/2676837.stm (483 words)

	WSJ.com - Swiss Group Serves Grim Task By Providing Visitors' Suicides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Dignitas clients have traveled from Britain, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and the U.S. Many are from Germany, where the practice is banned partly because the country is still haunted by the euthanasia experiments conducted under Hitler.
		Dignitas was founded in 1998 by Ludwig Minelli, a 70-year-old former journalist who specialized in stories about human-rights abuse.
		In another Dignitas case, a 33-year-old Frenchman and his 29-year-old sister, both suffering from schizophrenia, chose to end their lives simultaneously and side by side.
	academic.udayton.edu /LawrenceUlrich/PASsuisse.htm (2076 words)

	TIME Europe Magazine: One-Way Ticket -- Oct. 14, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Dignitas rents an apartment in the city where clients self-administer a fatal dose of barbiturates and slowly fade away while listening to their favorite music.
		Dignitas' work is fueling criticism at home and abroad, and a debate about the organization is expected in the Swiss parliament soon.
		Dignitas recently caused an uproar when it was reported that the organization had helped several mentally ill people take their own lives.
	www.time.com /time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901021014-361596,00.html (1176 words)

	Branching Out to Serve a Growing but Dying Market
		Dignitas, a Swiss nonprofit that promotes assisted suicide, has since 1998 been advising people who want to end their lives.
		Ludwig Minelli, a lawyer and the founder of Dignitas, said the opening of the Hanover field office was a response to strong demand for the group's services.
		Dignitas says it is a nonprofit organization but will not disclose details about its finances.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/31/AR2005103101824.html?nav=rss_world (653 words)

	Pravda.RU:Dignitas: Suicide Solution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Dignitas rents an apartment in the center of the city, where clients come to take a lethal doze of barbiturates and die listening to their favorite music.
		Dignitas director Ludwig Minelli says: “People who come to us are very much like those who jumped out of the WTC windows on September 11.
		Dignitas is strictly criticized in Switzerland and abroad; very soon, the Swiss parliament will consider the question of Dignitas.
	english.pravda.ru /main/2002/10/17/38307_.html (637 words)

	Swiss news from swissinfo, the Swiss news platform (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		"Dignitas is going down the wrong path," they said in a message published on the health ministry's website.
		But for Dignitas, opening a branch in Germany was a natural choice as more than half the number of people seeking its services in Switzerland are from Germany, said the charity's general-secretary Ludwig Minelli.
		However, he admitted that Dignitas' hands were tied by the legal situation in Germany.
	www.swissinfo.org /sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=111&sid=6122111&cKey=1127915084000 (926 words)

	swissinfo swiss information business culture news informations of switzerland: Front - Story Detail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Dignitas, one of four organisations offering assisted suicide in Switzerland, has come under fire for offering its services to foreigners and the mentally ill.
		But Dignitas is the only group offering its services to foreigners, who seek help in Switzerland because assisted suicide is illegal in their home countries.
		But Dignitas hasn't only come under fire for helping foreigners; it has also caused controversy by offering to help those who suffer from mental illnesses such as severe depression or schizophrenia.
	www.swissinfo.org /sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=105&sid=1338395 (841 words)

	SocietyGuardian.co.uk \| Health \| Swiss euthanasia charity helps 22 Britons to die
		Dignitas, which is based in Zurich, was founded in 1998 to help people with chronic diseases "die with dignity".
		British membership of Dignitas has also shown a sharp increase, rising from 90 at the end of 2002 to 557 last month.
		Lesley Close, whose brother was the fifth Briton helped to die by Dignitas, said: "The disproportionate interest shown by UK citizens is clear from the membership figures as well as the number of deaths.
	society.guardian.co.uk /health/news/0,8363,1295851,00.html (536 words)

	Catholic World News : New Vatican norms for marriage annulments
		The new teaching document, Dignitas Connubii, was presented to the media at a news conference in Rome on February 8.
		Carinal Herranz explained that Dignitas Connubii is "the fruit of a long labor, undertaken in 1996." It is, he said, a "practical document," which does not set forth new teaching but is intended as "a kind of vade mecum, to use as a ready guide," for the judges who sit on ecclesiastical tribunals.
		Informed sources in Rome report that Dignitas Connubii was the subject of exhaustive debates within the Roman Curia, with some officials seeking a more forceful expression of the Church's teaching regarding the permanence of marriage.
	www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=35132 (1497 words)

	ReliefWeb » Professional Resources » Vacancies
		Founded in 2002, Dignitas International (www.dignitasinternational.org) is a Canadian medical humanitarian organization founded by international health and research experts to respond to the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.
		The goal of Dignitas’ project in Malawi is to increase access to prevention, treatment, care and support for people affected by HIV/AIDS through collaboration with the Malawian Ministry of Health.
		Dignitas presently has one HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support program in southern Malawi with plans to open two additional programs in the next 2 years.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-6HPRTF?OpenDocument (528 words)

	COMPONENTS OF GENERAL EDUCATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Dignitas Program provides a common experience for first year students to develop a foundation for intellectual, personal and social integration.
		Dignitas 1101 and 1102 use one common text and share common meeting times.
		Dignitas faculty members decide on the specific disciplinary academic content for their sections.
	www.css.edu /publications/advisor/Components-GeneralEd.html (563 words)

	Runner's & Triathlete's Web Triathlon: Long Distance Triathlon World Championships
		For an entry fee of $1,500, Dignitas International will provide entrants with a charitable tax receipt of $1,000 and an age group spot for the 4km swim, 120km bike, 30km run Triathlon World Championships to be held in Fredericia, Denmark, on August 7.
		Dignitas International is committed to restoring dignity to the lives of children, youth and families in the developing world affected by HIV/AIDS through the provision of community-based care, which includes treatment with life-saving antiretroviral therapy, education and prevention.
		Currently, Dignitas International is treating patients in the Zomba District of Malawi, one of the worst affected regions in sub-Saharan Africa.
	www.runnersweb.com /running/news/rw_news_20050322_TC_Dignitas.html (369 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Protests greet opening of suicide advice office in Germany
		Dignitas says that under European Union law it is entitled to open offices offering help and advice on assisted suicide elsewhere in the EU.
		But the founder of Dignitas, Ludwig Minelli, defended the German expansion, saying that the office would help terminally ill people to decide whether to end their lives without having to travel to Switzerland for their first consultation.
		Critics are concerned that Dignitas offers advice not only to the terminally ill, but also the mentally ill, including people suffering from depression, and the elderly.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/02/wsuic02.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/10/02/ixworld.html (722 words)

	VES - Dignitas
		Dignitas is a Swiss organisation which helps people from many other countries, including the UK, end their lives.
		Mr Crew was terminally ill with Motor Neurone Disease, and Dignitas helped him to end his life at his request.
		In the case of Mr Crew he said the journey was very hard and he would have far preferred to have medical assistance to die at home in Britain, a country he had lived in all his life and loved.
	www.ves.org.uk /dignitas.html (272 words)

	USATODAY.com - Foreigners head to Swiss 'assisted suicide' clinic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		There are a number of such groups in Switzerland, but Dignitas is the only one to accept foreigners, and the vast majority of the organization's 2,350 members are from abroad.
		Under existing Swiss legislation, counselors or physicians are allowed to prepare the fatal dose of barbiturates, but not pass it to the terminally ill patient or put the glass to their lips.
		Minelli said a Dignitas doctor verified that Crew was mentally competent to make a decision on ending his life.
	www.usatoday.com /news/health/2003-01-20-switzerland-assisted_x.htm (597 words)

	USATODAY.com - An agonizing debate about euthanasia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		And Dignitas, the Swiss group that helps foreigners who want to end their lives, recently opened an affiliate office in Germany to pressure that country's government to legalize assisted suicide.
		The patient takes the drug at Dignitas' one-bedroom apartment in Zurich, in the company of family members, friends or a member of the Dignitas staff.
		Dignitas will not offer its services in Germany but will work to change the law.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-11-22-euthanasia_x.htm (1650 words)

	IFRL Daily News - Swiss Lure Suicide Victims: Euthanasia Administered Within 24 Hours
		The former Minister of Defence clerk and father of three viewed a television documentary on the Dignitas clinic shortly before his death.
		At the least, Swiss law ensuring a more lengthy assessment period before a foreigner is assisted to commit suicide should be implemented, she argued.
		Dignitas has assisted 280 people to commit suicide since its opening six years ago.
	www.ifrl.org /IFRLDailyNews/040526/5 (344 words)

	TIME Europe Magazine: True Freedom? -- Apr. 28, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Dignitas in Switzerland is offering assisted suicide but who is eligible.
		Since the couple's death, Jennifer Stokes' mother and sister have demanded that Dignitas be shut down.
		In its five years of existence, Dignitas has assisted in the suicides of close to 150 people, including several who reportedly were mentally ill.
	www.time.com /time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901030428-444950,00.html (559 words)

	World Federation of Right to Die Societies: news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Swiss euthanasia organization DIGNITAS has recently been obliged to virtually close its doors due to enormous pressure of work.
		DIGNITAS is based in Forch, close to Zurich.
		Additionally, a person in England who is terminally ill, recently flew to Switzerland to assess the work of DIGNITAS which carries out legal assisted suicide for residents and foreigners alike.
	www.worldrtd.net /news/federation?id=638 (164 words)

	May05 - News - Dying with Dignitas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The confidential figures were analysed by James Plaskitt, a Labour MP and chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Compassion in Dying.
		Not all who died at Dignitas have been terminally ill. Most were facing prolonged death and suffering from degenerative neurological disorders.
		Unless the law is changed in the UK the experts predict a huge increase in so-called ‘death tourism’.
	www.evangelical-times.org /etnews/may05/may05n25.htm (227 words)

	CanadaHelps.org
		Thank you for supporting the Dignitas International Fund established at Tides Canada Foundation.
		In response to this emergency, a group of international health experts founded Dignitas International, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing a quality of life with dignity for children, youth and families affected by HIV/AIDS in the developing world.
		Dignitas International is now opening its first programme in Zomba District, Southern Malawi.
	www.canadahelps.org /special/dignitas.aspx (183 words)

	World Federation of Right to Die Societies: news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In the last year, Dignitas in Switzerland has attracted great media coverage, in the UK and in Europe at large, for assisting the suicides of people who are not Swiss citizens.
		It is believed the couple may have supplied Dignitas with medical notes that (wrongly) described Jennifer Stokes as having multiple sclerosis.
		He also said he was planning to make contact with Dignitas and had already contacted solicitors to investigate the implications of an assisted suicide.
	www.worldrtd.net /news/world?id=592 (871 words)

	News
		I am delighted to welcome the new FIFA squad into Team Dignitas, we are excited to see how they progress over the coming months.
		We have been in talks for a long time with Team Dignitas about joining and we are all happy that we can work together.
		With Team Dignitas we have a really nice clan who can support us, in becoming one of the best FIFA teams in the world.
	www.abitgamer.com /news/news_show.php?news_id=489 (232 words)

	Mujer Nueva
		The number of people travelling to the Swiss clinic run by Dignitas, a charity that helps terminally ill people commit suicide, has been revealed by Dr Michael Irwin, the former chairman of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society (VES).
		The retired GP said two Scottish women in their fifties, both with terminal cancer, had committed suicide since the beginning of last year.
		One woman, in her sixties, with multiple sclerosis, was forced to return home to the south of England a few weeks ago because she was too weak to swallow the lethal drugs.
	www.mujernueva.org /english/noticias/articulo.phtml?id=4674 (565 words)

	Dignitas is investigated for helping healthy woman to die -- Leidig 331 (7526): 1160 -- BMJ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Dignitas is investigated for helping healthy woman to die -- Leidig 331 (7526): 1160 -- BMJ
		Dignitas is investigated for helping healthy woman to die
		Dignitas has helped 453 terminally ill Europeans, including
	bmj.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/extract/331/7526/1160-a (166 words)

	Catholic World News : Swiss offer quick euthanasia; British open inquiry
		Zurich, May. 26, 2004 (LifesiteNews.com/CWN) - The family of a British man was outraged to learn that he was able to fly to a Swiss clinic and receive assisted suicide within 24 hours of his arrival.
		The former Ministry of Defense clerk and father of three viewed a television documentary on the Dignitas clinic shortly before his death.
		Dignitas founder, Ludwig Minelli, 71, told the newspaper that they would gladly assist anyone, "irrespective of medical condition."
	www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=29808 (532 words)

	Dignitas International
		Dignitas International has begun providing life-extending antiretroviral (ARV) therapy to its first patients in Malawi in southern Africa, a country devastated by the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.
		Each month, 50 new patients are gaining access to medications that will not only keep them alive and improve their health, but also enable them to work, support their familites, contribute to their communities, and allow children to continue their education.
		Dignitas International is the first and only humanitarian organization currently treating people with
	www.dignitasinternational.org /articles.aspx?aid=12 (354 words)

	Team Dignitas Sponsored by ABIT - ABIT powers top European BF1942/Call of Duty team (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		When the match is on the line, the world's top gamers rely on quality ABIT hardware in the heat of battle.
		With players all over Europe, Team Dignitas is one of the world's top Battlefield 1942 and Call of Duty teams.
		Team Dignitas will be sporting gaming rigs comprised of ABIT hardware, including the award-winning KV8 Pro motherboard, based on the VIA K8T800 Pro chipset.
	www.abit-usa.com /news/2004/20040722a.php (295 words)

	Dignitas Limited (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		We will work with you to ensure that any solution we deliver, is complete and accurate to your requirements.
		Dignitas Ltd is an IT Consultancy working primarily in the Financial Service Sector.
		Dignitas is ideally placed to assist you with any requirement.
	www.dignitas.ltd.uk (101 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Both are at the top of their game, each a force to be dealt with in one way or another and both deserving of some amount of respect.
		The theory of Dignitas holds that all the actions taken by your PC since its historical embrace would be reflected by the opinion the rest of the clan holds of them.
		What is presented here is not a mechanic or a guideline of how to accumulate “Dignitas Points”, but a quick reference to a few things that should always be kept in mind while playing with other Ventrue.
	www.ventrue.net /GSA/id22_m.htm (2652 words)

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