This statistic shows the results of a 2013 survey among adult Americans on euthanasia. The survey asked if, when a person has a disease that cannot be cured, doctors should be allowed by law to end the patient's life painlessly if the patient and their family request it. 70 percent of respondents affirmed that doctors should be legally allowed to end someone's life painlessly on their own request.
When someone has an incurable disease, should doctors be allowed by law to end the patient's life painlessly if the patient and their family request it?
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Gallup. (May 29, 2013). When someone has an incurable disease, should doctors be allowed by law to end the patient's life painlessly if the patient and their family request it? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/260668/legalization-of-euthanasia-on-the-patients-request/
Gallup. "When someone has an incurable disease, should doctors be allowed by law to end the patient's life painlessly if the patient and their family request it?." Chart. May 29, 2013. Statista. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/260668/legalization-of-euthanasia-on-the-patients-request/
Gallup. (2013). When someone has an incurable disease, should doctors be allowed by law to end the patient's life painlessly if the patient and their family request it?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/260668/legalization-of-euthanasia-on-the-patients-request/
Gallup. "When Someone Has An Incurable Disease, Should Doctors Be Allowed by Law to End The Patient's Life Painlessly If The Patient and Their Family Request It?." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 May 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/260668/legalization-of-euthanasia-on-the-patients-request/
Gallup, When someone has an incurable disease, should doctors be allowed by law to end the patient's life painlessly if the patient and their family request it? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/260668/legalization-of-euthanasia-on-the-patients-request/ (last visited March 19, 2024)
When someone has an incurable disease, should doctors be allowed by law to end the patient's life painlessly if the patient and their family request it? [Graph], Gallup, May 29, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/260668/legalization-of-euthanasia-on-the-patients-request/