Attitudes toward aggressive analgesia, terminal sedation, and physician assisted suicide (PAS)
| Question | Response % (n) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strongly disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Unsure | Agree | Strongly agree | |
| Questions are stated exactly as phrased in the questionnaire. There were no more than 11 missing responses to each question. | ||||||
| In terminal illness, it is ethically appropriate to increase analgesics gradually to relieve pain, even if this may unintentionally hasten death. | 0.5 (2) | 1 (6) | 2 (12) | 0.5 (2) | 35 (236) | 61 (408) |
| If a terminally ill patient has intractable pain despite aggressive analgesia, “terminal sedation” is ethically appropriate. | 3 (18) | 5 (35) | 9 (59) | 5 (36) | 37 (245) | 41 (275) |
| PAS is ethically appropriate in some circumstances. | 27 (180) | 23 (154) | 13 (92) | 4 (28) | 23 (153) | 10 (66) |
| Some form of PAS should be legalised in Connecticut. | 32 (215) | 21 (142) | 13 (88) | 5 (37) | 20 (134) | 9 (57) |