Additional
Information: Polling on the issues of euthanasia and assisted dying.
Polling Sites:
Houston Chronicle - "Poll: Many doctors back assisted suicide" Houston Chronicle - "Poll: Many doctors back assisted suicide": A Baylor College of Medicine study finds that 44.5 percent of U.S. physicians support assisted dying. (Polling) http://www.dwd.org/fss/news/houston.asp
Death with Dignity National Center: Public Opinion Death with Dignity National Center: Public Opinion: Cites various polls of people in the United States supportive of the right to die. (Polling) http://www.deathwithdignity.org/fss/opinion.asp
Dispatch Online - "'Many doctors in SA favour mercy killing'" Dispatch Online - "'Many doctors in SA favour mercy killing'": South African Law Commission member Willem Landman says that informal surveys document physician support for the legalization of voluntary euthanasia. (Polling) http://www.dispatch.co.za/2001/05/17/southafrica/CADOCTOR.HTM
Bay of Plenty Times - "53% support mercy killing" Bay of Plenty Times - "53% support mercy killing": A regional poll in New Zealand finds majority support for legalizing assisted dying. (Polling) http://www.mytown.co.nz/story/mytstorydisplay.cfm?storyID=3450576&thecity=bayofplenty&thepage=home&type=nzh&storytoolsnzh=1
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - "Eurispes: 60 pct of Italians Approve Euthanasia" Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - "Eurispes: 60 pct of Italians Approve Euthanasia": Survey results indicate a significant increase in Italian support for end-of-life choice in the last 15 years. (Polling) http://www.evelynmartens.ca/en-agi-030131.html
Study puts face on patients in assisted suicide Study puts face on patients in assisted suicide: An Oregon Health & Science University study identifies the personality traits of those who have hastened their death under the Oregon Death with Dignity law. (Polling) http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/front_page/1055418940322500.xml
Surgery Door - "Doctors back assisted suicide" Surgery Door - "Doctors back assisted suicide": A Voluntary Euthanasia Society survey found that more than half the physicians in the United Kingdom support the right to a physician assisted death for the terminally ill. (Polling) http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030128/103/dohoc.html