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# Most U.S. Doctors Now Support Assisted Suicide: Survey

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## NBC News


Dec 17, 2014 4:18 AM UTC

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## NBC News


Dec 17, 2014 4:18 AM UTC

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) 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) 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) 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)

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