Attitudes Toward Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide Among Norwegian Palliative Care Physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data from other countries have indicated that palliative care physicians are more opposed to assisted dying compared with other physicians. However, little is known about reasons for support/opposition among palliative care physicians.

Objectives

To explore Norwegian palliative care physicians' attitudes toward assisted dying, with focus on filling knowledge gaps regarding reasons for support/opposition.

Methods

The study is a cross-sectional descriptive survey. All 285 members of the Norwegian Association for Palliative Medicine were invited by e-mail to participate. To allow comparison with previous data, most questions and response alternatives were similar to a 2024 study of Norwegian physicians.

Results

Among the 117 respondents opposition towar

SUBMITTER: Fredheim OM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12516118 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature