Practitioner agreement with distinction between withholding treatment and assisting suicide Percentage agreeing or strongly agreeing with the statement: “To allow patients to die by forgoing or stopping treatment is ethically different from assisting in their suicide”, with mean score (in parentheses), on scale of 1 to 5 (1=strongly disagree, 5=strongly agree).
| UK nurses | US medical attendings | US surgical attendings | US house officers | US nurses | US overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87% (4.22) | 89% (4.47) | 86% (4.44) | 94% (4.57) | 85% (4.33) | 87% (4.41) |