UK: Four Out of Five Want to Give Doctors Right to End Life of Terminally Ill Patients in Pain

January 24, 2007

Four out of five people in Britain believe the law should allow a doctor to end the life of a terminally ill patient who is in pain if they wish to die. In a finding confirming that British public opinion is at odds with the law, today’s British Social Attitudes Survey reveals strong support for euthanasia, though only in carefully defined circumstances. (The Guardian)