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Brief report
Attitudes to physician and family assisted suicide: results from a study of public attitudes in Britain
  1. C O'Neill1,
  2. D Feenan2,
  3. C Hughes3,
  4. D A McAlister4
  1. 1School of Policy Studies, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland
  2. 2School of Policy Studies, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland
  3. 3School of Pharmacy, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland
  4. 4School of Policy Studies, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland
  1. Correspondence to:
 C O'Neill, School of Policy Studies, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Newtownabbey BT37 0QB, Northern Ireland;
 c.oneill2{at}ulst.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.28.1.52

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    Legalisation of assisted suicide presents a dilemma for society. This arises because of a lack of consensus regarding the precedence to be accorded freedom of choice versus the inviolability of human life. A combination of factors has served to throw this dilemma into sharper focus in recent times. These include population aging,1,2 increased openness regarding end-of-life care,3 development of patients' rights, and increasing secularisation and multiculturalism in society. Against this backdrop and within a context where several countries have addressed legislation of …

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