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?
The source worded the question as follows: "When a person has a disease that cannot be cured, do you think doctors should be allowed by law to end the patient’s life by some painless means if the patient and his or her 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 November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/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 November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/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: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/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.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/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.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/260668/legalization-of-euthanasia-on-the-patients-request/ (last visited November 10, 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.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/260668/legalization-of-euthanasia-on-the-patients-request/
