Do physicians want assisted suicide? How does U.S. compare to Europe?

Attitudes about physician-assisted suicide differ significantly among U.S. physicians and those in Europe, according to the Medscape Ethics Report 2014, Part 2: Money, Romance and Patients.

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The survey polled more than 17,000 physicians.

 
When asked if physician-assisted suicide should be allowed, physicians in the United States and in Europe reported the following:

 

United States

 

•    Yes — 54 percent
•    No — 31 percent
•    It depends — 15 percent

 

Europe

 

•    Yes — 41 percent
•    No — 41 percent
•    It depends — 18 percent

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