This statistic displays the personal preference of United States adults in end-of-life decision and based on different circumstances as of 2013. During this year, 52 percent of responding adults claim that if they had an incurable disease and were totally dependent on another for care, they would tell their doctors to stop treatment so they could die. In the last 15 years, the percentage of people saying that medical professionals should do everything possible to save a patients life has increased.
Personal preferences of U.S. adults on end-of-life treatment by circumstance in 2013
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Pew Research Center. (November 21, 2013). Personal preferences of U.S. adults on end-of-life treatment by circumstance in 2013 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 17, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/333934/preferences-for-end-of-life-decisions-for-patients-in-the-us-by-circumstance/
Pew Research Center. "Personal preferences of U.S. adults on end-of-life treatment by circumstance in 2013." Chart. November 21, 2013. Statista. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/333934/preferences-for-end-of-life-decisions-for-patients-in-the-us-by-circumstance/
Pew Research Center. (2013). Personal preferences of U.S. adults on end-of-life treatment by circumstance in 2013. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/333934/preferences-for-end-of-life-decisions-for-patients-in-the-us-by-circumstance/
Pew Research Center. "Personal Preferences of U.S. Adults on End-of-life Treatment by Circumstance in 2013." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Nov 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/333934/preferences-for-end-of-life-decisions-for-patients-in-the-us-by-circumstance/
Pew Research Center, Personal preferences of U.S. adults on end-of-life treatment by circumstance in 2013 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/333934/preferences-for-end-of-life-decisions-for-patients-in-the-us-by-circumstance/ (last visited November 17, 2024)
Personal preferences of U.S. adults on end-of-life treatment by circumstance in 2013 [Graph], Pew Research Center, November 21, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/333934/preferences-for-end-of-life-decisions-for-patients-in-the-us-by-circumstance/
