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 administering a life-ending medication, as of 2015, among Canadians. During this time, 68 percent of those surveyed in the country said it should be legal for a doctor to administer a life-ending medication for a terminally ill adult patient.
Support of legality for doctor aid in ending a terminally ill adults life by administering life-ending medication in Canada as of 2015
Characteristic
Percentage of respondents
Yes, it should be legal for a doctor to administer life-ending medication
68%
No, it should not be legal for a doctor to administer life-ending medication
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 the doctor administering life-ending medication?"
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Ipsos, & The Economist. (July 27, 2015). Support of legality for doctor aid in ending a terminally ill adults life by administering life-ending medication in Canada as of 2015 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/448402/view-among-canadians-of-legality-of-doctors-to-assist-dying-by-administering-lifeending-medication/
Ipsos, und The Economist. "Support of legality for doctor aid in ending a terminally ill adults life by administering life-ending medication in Canada as of 2015." Chart. July 27, 2015. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/448402/view-among-canadians-of-legality-of-doctors-to-assist-dying-by-administering-lifeending-medication/
Ipsos, The Economist. (2015). Support of legality for doctor aid in ending a terminally ill adults life by administering life-ending medication in Canada as of 2015. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/448402/view-among-canadians-of-legality-of-doctors-to-assist-dying-by-administering-lifeending-medication/
Ipsos, and The Economist. "Support of Legality for Doctor Aid in Ending a Terminally Ill Adults Life by Administering Life-ending Medication in Canada as of 2015." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jul 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/448402/view-among-canadians-of-legality-of-doctors-to-assist-dying-by-administering-lifeending-medication/
Ipsos & The Economist, Support of legality for doctor aid in ending a terminally ill adults life by administering life-ending medication in Canada as of 2015 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/448402/view-among-canadians-of-legality-of-doctors-to-assist-dying-by-administering-lifeending-medication/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Support of legality for doctor aid in ending a terminally ill adults life by administering life-ending medication in Canada as of 2015 [Graph], Ipsos, & The Economist, July 27, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/448402/view-among-canadians-of-legality-of-doctors-to-assist-dying-by-administering-lifeending-medication/
