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 through prescription of a life-ending medication, as of 2015, among Canadians. During this time, 56 percent of those surveyed in the country said it should be legal for a doctor to prescribe life-ending medication that the (adult) patient could take themselves.
Opinion on doctor aid in ending a terminally ill life by prescribing life-ending medication in Canada as of 2015
Characteristic
Percentage of respondents
Yes, it should be legal for a doctor to prescribe life-ending medication that the patient could take themselves
56%
No, it should not be legal for a doctor to prescribe life-ending medication that the patient could take themselves
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, by prescribing life-ending medication that the patient could take themselves?"
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Ipsos, & The Economist. (July 27, 2015). Opinion on doctor aid in ending a terminally ill life by prescribing life-ending medication in Canada as of 2015 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/448387/view-in-canada-of-doctor-assisted-death-by-life-ending-medication-prescription/
Ipsos, und The Economist. "Opinion on doctor aid in ending a terminally ill life by prescribing life-ending medication in Canada as of 2015." Chart. July 27, 2015. Statista. Accessed October 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/448387/view-in-canada-of-doctor-assisted-death-by-life-ending-medication-prescription/
Ipsos, The Economist. (2015). Opinion on doctor aid in ending a terminally ill life by prescribing life-ending medication in Canada as of 2015. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/448387/view-in-canada-of-doctor-assisted-death-by-life-ending-medication-prescription/
Ipsos, and The Economist. "Opinion on Doctor Aid in Ending a Terminally Ill Life by Prescribing Life-ending Medication in Canada as of 2015." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jul 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/448387/view-in-canada-of-doctor-assisted-death-by-life-ending-medication-prescription/
Ipsos & The Economist, Opinion on doctor aid in ending a terminally ill life by prescribing life-ending medication in Canada as of 2015 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/448387/view-in-canada-of-doctor-assisted-death-by-life-ending-medication-prescription/ (last visited October 19, 2024)
Opinion on doctor aid in ending a terminally ill life by prescribing life-ending medication in Canada as of 2015 [Graph], Ipsos, & The Economist, July 27, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/448387/view-in-canada-of-doctor-assisted-death-by-life-ending-medication-prescription/