Legalisation of euthanasia and assisted suicide: advanced cancer patient opinions - cross-sectional multicentre study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The French government voted a new law in February 2016 called the Claeys-Leonetti Law, which established the right to deep and continuous sedation, confirmed the ban on euthanasia and ruled out physician-assisted suicide. The aim of this work was to gather the opinion of patients on continuous sedation and the legalisation of medical assistance in dying and to explore determinants associated with favourable and unfavourable opinions.

Methods

This was a French national prospective multicentre study between 2016 and 2020.

Results

331 patients with incurable cancer suffering from locally advanced or metastatic cancer in 14 palliative care units were interviewed. 48.6% of participants expressed a favourable opinion about physician-assisted suicide and 27.2% an

SUBMITTER: Salas S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10850827 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature