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.
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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