Voluntary euthanasia
Q. When a person has a disease that cannot be cured and is living in severe pain, do you think doctors should or should not be allowed by law to assist the patient to commit suicide if the patient requests it?
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Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
27 Sep 2010 |
|
| Should be allowed |
68% |
71% |
64% |
81% |
68% |
69% |
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| Should not be allowed |
19% |
17% |
22% |
9% |
22% |
14% |
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| Don’t know |
13% |
12% |
14% |
10% |
10% |
17% |
68% of people think that that doctors should be allowed by law to assist a patient commit suicide – which is little changed since this question was asked three years ago. 19% think it should not be allowed – up 5%.
81% of Green voters, 71% of Labor and 64% of Lib/Nat voters agreed that doctors should be allowed by law to assist a patient to commit suicide.
71% of women and 65% of men supported voluntary euthanasia.
There were no substantial differences by age group.
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