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| Public attitudes to life-sustaining treatments and euthanasia in dementia | | Author(s) | Nia Williams, Charlotte Dunford, Alice Knowles |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 22, no 12, December 2007 |
| Pages | pp 1229-1234 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Euthanasia ; Medical care ; Attitude ; Cross sectional surveys ; London ; South East England. |
| Annotation | A cross-sectional survey was conducted to elicit the views of the general public on euthanasia and life-sustaining treatments in the face of dementia. 725 members of the public completed a questionnaire throughout London and South East England. In the face of severe dementia, less than 40% of respondents would wish to be resuscitated after a heart attack, nearly three-quarters wanted to be able to die passively, and almost 60% agreed with doctor assisted suicide. Respondents were more likely to be in favour of life-sustaining treatment for their partner than for themselves, and the opposite was true for euthanasia. White respondents were significantly more likely to refuse life-sustaining treatment and to agree to euthanasia compared with Black and Asian respondents. This survey suggests that a large proportion of the UK general public do not wish for life-sustaining treatments if they were to become demented, and the majority agreed with various forms of euthanasia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080212203 A |
| Classmark | EA: CY: LK: DP: 3KB: 82L: 82Z |
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