TY - JOUR T1 - GPs' views on changing the law on physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, and willingness to prescribe or inject lethal drugs: a survey from Wales JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 450 LP - 452 VL - 56 IS - 527 AU - Diana Pasterfield AU - Clare Wilkinson AU - Ilora G Finlay AU - Richard D Neal AU - Nicholas J Hulbert Y1 - 2006/06/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/56/527/450.abstract N2 - If physician-assisted suicide/euthanasia is legalised in the UK, this may be the work of GPs. In the absence of recent or comprehensive evidence about GPs' views on either legalisation or willingness to take part, a questionnaire survey of all Welsh GPs was conducted of whom 1202 (65%) responded. Seven hundred and fifty (62.4% of responders) and 671 (55.8% of responders) said that they did not favour a change in the law to allow physician-assisted suicide/voluntary euthanasia respectively. These data provide a rational basis for determining the position of primary care on this contentious issue. ER -