Let patients die if doctors agree

letdie2

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question When a person has a disease that cannot be cured, do you think Doctors should be allowed by law to end the patient's life by some painless means if the patient and his family request it? A. Would you approve of ending a patient's life if a board of doctors appointed by the court agreed that the patient could not be cured?

Values

• 1 yes

• 2 no

• NA(d) don't know / NA(i) iap / NA(j) I don't have a job / NA(m) dk, na, iap / NA(n) no answer / NA(p) not imputable / NA(r) refused / NA(s) skipped on web / NA(u) uncodeable / NA(x) not available in this release / NA(y) not available in this year / NA(z) see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

year	ballots	availability
1977	-	full
1978	-	full
1982	-	full
1983	-	full

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See also

Other Core: letdie1, suicide1, suicide2, suicide3, suicide4