Attitudes and Practices of Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide in the United States, Canada, and Europe

The increasing legalization of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide worldwide makes it important to understand related attitudes and practices.To review the legal status of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide and the available data on attitudes and practices.Polling data and published surveys of the public and physicians, official state and country databases, interview studies with physicians, and death certificate studies (the...