Abstract
U.K. Physicians’ Attitudes Toward Active Voluntary Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide
Dickinson G E~~Lancaster C J~~et al
A comparison of the views of geriatric medicine physicians & intensive care physicians in the United Kingdom on the topics of active volunatry euthanasia & physician-assisted suicide revealed rather different attitudes. 80% of geriatricians, but only 52% of intensive care physicians, considered volunatry active euthanasia as never justified ethically. The implications of these findings for the development of public policy regarding euthanasia & assisted suicide are discussed. (22 refs)