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 respondents living in the United States. During this time, 56 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 life by administering life-ending medication in the U.S. as of 2015
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Ipsos, & The Economist. (July 27, 2015). Support of legality for doctor aid in ending a terminally ill life by administering life-ending medication in the U.S. as of 2015 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/448423/view-in-us-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 life by administering life-ending medication in the U.S. as of 2015." Chart. July 27, 2015. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/448423/view-in-us-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 life by administering life-ending medication in the U.S. as of 2015. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/448423/view-in-us-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 Life by Administering Life-ending Medication in The U.S. as of 2015." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jul 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/448423/view-in-us-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 life by administering life-ending medication in the U.S. as of 2015 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/448423/view-in-us-of-legality-of-doctors-to-assist-dying-by-administering-lifeending-medication/ (last visited March 28, 2024)
Support of legality for doctor aid in ending a terminally ill life by administering life-ending medication in the U.S. as of 2015 [Graph], Ipsos, & The Economist, July 27, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/448423/view-in-us-of-legality-of-doctors-to-assist-dying-by-administering-lifeending-medication/