RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
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
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 450
OP 452
VO 56
IS 527
A1 Diana Pasterfield
A1 Clare Wilkinson
A1 Ilora G Finlay
A1 Richard D Neal
A1 Nicholas J Hulbert
YR 2006
UL http://bjgp.org/content/56/527/450.abstract
AB 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.