Associations of end-of-life preferences and trust in institutions with public support for assisted suicide: evidence from nationally representative survey data of older adults in Switzerland.

The legality of euthanasia and assisted suicide (AS) and nature of regulations of these practices remain controversial and the subject of lively debate among experts and the general public. Our study investigates attitudes and behaviours towards AS among older adults in Switzerland where the practic...

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Main Authors: Sarah Vilpert, Carmen Borrat-Besson, Gian Domenico Borasio, Jürgen Maurer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232109