Opinions assisted death in non-terminally illl patients in physical pain U.S. 2015

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	29%
Don't know	18%
Prefer not to say	2%

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Release date

July 2015

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Region

United States

Survey time period

June 5-9, 2015

Number of respondents

2,175 respondents

Age group

18-75 years

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

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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