Majority of New Zealand Doctor medics say ‘no’ to job of helping people to die

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Majority of New Zealand Doctor medics say ‘no’ to job of helping people to die

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Who gets to administer the fatal injection?

A Horizon Research poll commissioned by New Zealand Doctor suggests widely felt reluctance among doctors to be involved in assisting death in cases of terminal illness and suffering. But male and older doctors may be keener on a change to the law, as Virginia McMillan reports

Even doctors who support a change don’t all want to be the one writing the fatal prescription or administering the fatal injection Gender and age, Graph 1A, Respondents - graph 1