--- description: The survey was conducted during the high profile campaign by terminally ill Brittany Maynard, 29, who decided to end her own life title: Doctors Support Assisted Suicide image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Research](/tag/research/) ## Research Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Most U.S. Doctors Now Support Assisted Suicide: Survey by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 17, 2014 4:18 AM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 17, 2014 4:18 AM CUT For the first time, most U.S. doctors — 54% — favor assisted suicide, backing the rights of patients with an “incurable illness” to seek “a dignified death,” according to [a survey](http://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/public/ethics2014-part1 "undefined") of more than 21,000 doctors released Tuesday night by Medscape. In 2010, a Medscape survey asked the same question, finding that 46% of doctors agreed with the notion of assisted suicide. Medscape, owned by WebMD, is an online resource for physicians. The new survey was conducted from September through November — a time that paralleled the[ highly public campaign](http://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/why-newlywed-brittany-maynard-ending-her-life-three-weeks-n221731 "undefined") waged by Brittany Maynard, 29, who decided to[ end her own life](http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/death-dignity-advocate-brittany-maynard-dies-oregon-n235091 "undefined") with a lethal prescription… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/most-u-s-doctors-now-support-assisted-suicide-survey-n269691?cid=par-time-article%5F20141217 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3637208/most-u-s-doctors-now-support-assisted-suicide-survey/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3637208/most-u-s-doctors-now-support-assisted-suicide-survey/"},"headline":"Most U.S. Doctors Now Support Assisted Suicide: Survey","datePublished":"2014-12-17T04:18:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:55:31.100Z","description":"The survey was conducted during the high profile campaign by terminally ill Brittany Maynard, 29, who decided to end her own life","url":"https://time.com/3637208/most-u-s-doctors-now-support-assisted-suicide-survey/","keywords":["Research","Suicide"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/research/","name":"Research"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3637208/most-u-s-doctors-now-support-assisted-suicide-survey/","name":"Most U.S. Doctors Now Support Assisted Suicide: Survey"}}]}] ```