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.
View in U.S. of doctor assisted death by life-ending medication prescription 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*
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Release date
July 2015
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Region
United States
Survey time period
June 5-9, 2015
Number of respondents
2,175 respondents
Age group
18-75 years
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
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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Further related statistics
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 06, 2019, 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 06, 2019. 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 06, 2019. 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 06, 2019)