TY - JOUR

T1 - GPs' views on changing the law on physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, and willingness to prescribe or inject lethal drugs

T2 - a survey from Wales

AU - Pasterfield, Diana

AU - Wilkinson, Clare

AU - Finlay, Ilora G

AU - Neal, Richard D

AU - Hulbert, Nicholas J

PY - 2006/6

Y1 - 2006/6

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.

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.

KW - Attitude of Health Personnel

KW - Attitude to Death

KW - Euthanasia

KW - Health Care Surveys

KW - Humans

KW - Injections

KW - Pharmaceutical Preparations

KW - Physicians, Family

KW - Suicide, Assisted

KW - Surveys and Questionnaires

KW - Wales

KW - Journal Article

M3 - Article

C2 - 16762127

VL - 56

SP - 450

EP - 452

JO - British Journal of General Practice

JF - British Journal of General Practice

SN - 0960-1643

IS - 527

ER -