Survey of doctors' opinions of the legalization of physician assisted suicide

William Lee; Annabel Price; Lauren Rayner; Matthew Hotopf

doi:10.1186/1472-6939-10-2

Survey of doctors' opinions of the legalization of physician assisted suicide

William Lee, Annabel Price, Lauren Rayner, Matthew Hotopf

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Abstract

Assisted dying has wide support among the general population but there is evidence that those providing care for the dying may be less supportive. Senior doctors would be involved in implementing the proposed change in the law. We aimed to measure support for legalizing physician assisted dying in a representative sample of senior doctors in England and Wales, and to assess any association between doctors' characteristics and level of support for a change in the law.

Original language	English
Article number	2
Journal	BMC Medical Ethics
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6939-10-2
Publication status	Published - 2009

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Survey of doctors' opinions of the legalization of physician assisted suicide

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