Reasons for participants' support for legalised VAD
| Number of physicians | Number of references | |
| Patient autonomy | 12 | 32 |
| Medicine cannot relieve all suffering | 10 | 15 |
| The law provides effective regulation | 9 | 14 |
| Better option for the end of life | 8 | 9 |
| I would want it for myself | 7 | 10 |
| Access to VAD provides reassurance | 6 | 6 |
| A duty to facilitate a patient’s legal right | 5 | 6 |
| Relevant personal background | 5 | 5 |
VAD, voluntary assisted dying.