This survey displays the perception of whether or not it should be legal to allow doctors to assist an adult patient that is terminally ill in ending their life, as of 2015, among U.S. citizens. Some 63 percent of those surveyed in the country said it should be legal for a doctor to assist a terminally ill patient in ending their life.
Support of legality for doctor aid in ending a terminally ill life in the U.S. as of 2015
Original question: "Do you think it should be legal or not for a doctor to assist a patient aged 18 or over in ending their life, if that is the patient's wish, provided that the patient is terminally ill (where it is believed that they have 6 months or less to live) of sound mind, and expresses a clear desire to end their life?"
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Ipsos, & The Economist. (July 27, 2015). Support of legality for doctor aid in ending a terminally ill life in the U.S. as of 2015 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 17, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/448371/view-of-legality-for-doctors-to-assist-in-ending-a-terminally-ill-patients-life-in-us/
Ipsos, und The Economist. "Support of legality for doctor aid in ending a terminally ill life in the U.S. as of 2015." Chart. July 27, 2015. Statista. Accessed November 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/448371/view-of-legality-for-doctors-to-assist-in-ending-a-terminally-ill-patients-life-in-us/
Ipsos, The Economist. (2015). Support of legality for doctor aid in ending a terminally ill life in the U.S. as of 2015. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 17, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/448371/view-of-legality-for-doctors-to-assist-in-ending-a-terminally-ill-patients-life-in-us/
Ipsos, and The Economist. "Support of Legality for Doctor Aid in Ending a Terminally Ill Life in The U.S. as of 2015." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jul 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/448371/view-of-legality-for-doctors-to-assist-in-ending-a-terminally-ill-patients-life-in-us/
Ipsos & The Economist, Support of legality for doctor aid in ending a terminally ill life in the U.S. as of 2015 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/448371/view-of-legality-for-doctors-to-assist-in-ending-a-terminally-ill-patients-life-in-us/ (last visited November 17, 2024)
Support of legality for doctor aid in ending a terminally ill life in the U.S. as of 2015 [Graph], Ipsos, & The Economist, July 27, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/448371/view-of-legality-for-doctors-to-assist-in-ending-a-terminally-ill-patients-life-in-us/
