Legality for doctors assisting ending life of mentally suffering patients 2015

The statistic shows the perception of whether or not it should be legal to allow doctors to assist a patient that is mentally suffering in ending their life, as of 2015, in Italy. According to the survey, only 28 percent of those surveyed said it should be legal for a doctor to assist a patient mentally suffering in a way that they find unbearable and which cannot be cured or improved with existing medical science.

Do you think that it should be legal or not for a doctor to assist a patient in ending their life, if they are mentally suffering in a way that they find unbearable and which cannot be cured or improved with existing medical science?

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Release date

June 2015

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Region

Italy

Survey time period

June10-15, 2015

Number of respondents

2,190 respondents

Age group

16-70 years

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Do you think that it should be legal or not for a doctor to assist a patient in ending their life, if they are not terminally ill, but are physically suffering in a way that they find unbearable and which cannot be cured or improved with existing medical science? And do you think it should be legal or not for a doctor to assist a patient in ending their life, if they are not terminally ill, but are mentally or emotionally suffering in a way that they find unbearable and which cannot be cured or improved with existing medical science, and they are still “of sound mind”? - If they are mentally suffering".

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