This survey displays the perception of whether or not it should be legal to allow doctors to assist an adult patient, that is not terminally ill but is suffering physically, in ending their life as of 2015 among those living in the United States. During this time, 50 percent of those surveyed in the country said it should be legal for a doctor to assist these patients in ending their life.
Support of legality for doctor aid in ending physically suffering non-terminally ill adult life in U.S. as of 2015*
Characteristic
Percentage of respondents
Yes, it should be legal for a doctor to assist a patient in ending their life
50%
No, it should not be legal for a doctor to assist a patient in ending their life
Original question: "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?"
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Ipsos, & The Economist. (July 27, 2015). Support of legality for doctor aid in ending physically suffering non-terminally ill adult life in U.S. as of 2015* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/448440/view-in-us-of-legality-for-doctors-to-assist-in-ending-physically-suffering-nonterminally-ill-patients-life/
Ipsos, und The Economist. "Support of legality for doctor aid in ending physically suffering non-terminally ill adult life in U.S. as of 2015*." Chart. July 27, 2015. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/448440/view-in-us-of-legality-for-doctors-to-assist-in-ending-physically-suffering-nonterminally-ill-patients-life/
Ipsos, The Economist. (2015). Support of legality for doctor aid in ending physically suffering non-terminally ill adult life in U.S. as of 2015*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/448440/view-in-us-of-legality-for-doctors-to-assist-in-ending-physically-suffering-nonterminally-ill-patients-life/
Ipsos, and The Economist. "Support of Legality for Doctor Aid in Ending Physically Suffering Non-terminally Ill Adult Life in U.S. as of 2015*." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jul 2015, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/448440/view-in-us-of-legality-for-doctors-to-assist-in-ending-physically-suffering-nonterminally-ill-patients-life/
Ipsos & The Economist, Support of legality for doctor aid in ending physically suffering non-terminally ill adult life in U.S. as of 2015* Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/448440/view-in-us-of-legality-for-doctors-to-assist-in-ending-physically-suffering-nonterminally-ill-patients-life/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Support of legality for doctor aid in ending physically suffering non-terminally ill adult life in U.S. as of 2015* [Graph], Ipsos, & The Economist, July 27, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/448440/view-in-us-of-legality-for-doctors-to-assist-in-ending-physically-suffering-nonterminally-ill-patients-life/
