Switzerland has allowed assisted suicide since 1942 but the first death with the Sarco suicide pod has raised questions.

The first woman to end her life using the controversial ‘suicide pod’ in Switzerland was found with strangulation marks on ...

The first documented case of a woman using the Sarco "suicide pod" in Switzerland has taken a new turn. An autopsy reportedly ...

Designed by Dr Philip Nitschke, founder of Exit International, the Sarco pod was intended to allow a peaceful and controlled ...

The 64-year-old American was suffering with skull base osteomyelitis - a serious illness that involves severe pain.

The first person who died in a so-called 'suicide pod' was told three unnerving words before her death, it has been revealed.

Swiss authorities detained Florian Willet, co-founder of The Last Resort, after a woman's death in a Sarco capsule.

Dr Philip Nitschke has vowed to print a new machine - made using a 3D printer - to use in a country other than Switzerland, where prosecutors seized the original pod in September.

Police in Switzerland are investigating the possibilty of foul play after an American woman died in a so-called 'suicide pod' ...

The Sarco pod, designed by Dr Philip Nitschke of Exit International, enables terminally ill individuals to initiate a nitrogen-based, painless death by pressing an internal button, releasing nitrogen ...

The pod created by Australian Dr Philip Nitschke sees the chamber fill with nitrogen gas causing fatal hypoxia. Police are investigating the possibility of foul play after she was discovered with ...