GP | Consultant | Euthanasia review committee | p Value* | |||||||
N = 115 | N = 99 | N = 17 | ||||||||
% | % | % | ||||||||
Yes | Maybe for the patient, but not in my opinion | No | Yes | Maybe for the patient, but not in my opinion | No | Yes | Maybe for the patient, but not in my opinion | No | ||
Early dementia | 2 | 59 | 39 | 33 | 36 | 31 | 24 | 59 | 18 | 0.00 |
Tired of living | 18 | 62 | 20 | 27 | 45 | 29 | 35 | 47 | 18 | 0.17 |
Fear of future decay | 28 | 46 | 25 | 43 | 39 | 18 | 59 | 35 | 6 | 0.01 |
Burden to others | 35 | 47 | 19 | 44 | 35 | 21 | 71 | 12 | 18 | 0.01 |
Loss of dignity | 48 | 41 | 12 | 62 | 28 | 9 | 88 | 6 | 6 | 0.00 |
Extreme dependency | 49 | 38 | 13 | 79 | 17 | 4 | 65 | 29 | 6 | 0.00 |
Standard case | 99 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0.92 |
*χ2 test (“Yes” vs “Maybe for the patient, but not in my opinion” and “No”).
GP, general practitioner.