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Age and Ageing 2001; 30: 395-398
© 2001, British Geriatrics Society

Research papers

UK geriatricians' attitudes to active voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted death

David Clark, George Dickinson1, Carol J. Lancaster2, T. W. Noble, Sam H. Ahmedai and Ian Philp3

Academic Palliative Medicine Unit, University of Sheffield, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK
1 Department of Sociology, University of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
2 Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
3 Sheffield Institute for Studies on Ageing, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Abstract

Aim: to describe the views of British geriatricians on active voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted death.

Method: postal questionnaire to 742 consultant members of the British Geriatrics Society.

Results: 81% considered active voluntary euthanasia never to be justified ethically, although 23% supported legalization in some situations and 13% would be willing to administer active voluntary euthanasia in some situations. With regard to physician-assisted death, 68% opposed it on ethical grounds and 24% supported its legalization in some instances, with 12% stating they would be willing to provide such assistance in some situations. Free text comments frequently cited good palliative care as an important response to such issues in clinical practice.

Keywords: doctors' opinions, euthanasia, palliative care, physician-assisted death


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