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.
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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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 June 13, 2024, 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 June 13, 2024. 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: June 13, 2024. 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 June 13, 2024)
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], Ipsos, & The Economist, July 27, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/448398/view-of-legality-for-doctors-to-assist-dying-by-prescribing-lifeending-medication-in-us/