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 for those living in the United States. During this time, 52 percent of those surveyed in the country said it should be legal for a doctor to prescribe life-ending medication that the patient could take themselves.
Support of legality for doctor aid in ending a terminally ill life by prescribing life-ending medication in the U.S. 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
52%
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). Support of legality for doctor aid in ending a terminally ill life by prescribing life-ending medication in the U.S. as of 2015* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/448398/view-of-legality-for-doctors-to-assist-dying-by-prescribing-lifeending-medication-in-us/
Ipsos, und The Economist. "Support of legality for doctor aid in ending a terminally ill life by prescribing life-ending medication in the U.S. as of 2015*." Chart. July 27, 2015. Statista. Accessed December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/448398/view-of-legality-for-doctors-to-assist-dying-by-prescribing-lifeending-medication-in-us/
Ipsos, The Economist. (2015). Support of legality for doctor aid in ending a terminally ill life by prescribing life-ending medication in the U.S. as of 2015*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/448398/view-of-legality-for-doctors-to-assist-dying-by-prescribing-lifeending-medication-in-us/
Ipsos, and The Economist. "Support of Legality for Doctor Aid in Ending a Terminally Ill Life by Prescribing Life-ending Medication in The U.S. as of 2015*." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jul 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/448398/view-of-legality-for-doctors-to-assist-dying-by-prescribing-lifeending-medication-in-us/
Ipsos & The Economist, Support of legality for doctor aid in ending a terminally ill life by prescribing life-ending medication in the U.S. as of 2015* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/448398/view-of-legality-for-doctors-to-assist-dying-by-prescribing-lifeending-medication-in-us/ (last visited December 18, 2024)
Support of legality for doctor aid in ending a terminally ill life by prescribing life-ending medication in the U.S. as of 2015* [Graph], Ipsos, & The Economist, July 27, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/448398/view-of-legality-for-doctors-to-assist-dying-by-prescribing-lifeending-medication-in-us/
