The new report states that few number of people in America believe that doctors should take all possible measures to prevent life of a terminally ill patient. A survey was conducted by Pew Research Center to find the views of the people on this issue.
About 66% of Americans said that patient should be allowed to die, when the condition of patients cannot be improved by any means. Nearly 31% of people believe that doctors should do everything possible to save life of such patients. Pew found that only 15% of people were in the favor of this in 1990.
An incident took place in 1990 in which a woman was on life support system for about 15 years. This same issue aroused at that time when the husband of that lady wanted his wife to end up her life. At that time, many legal challenges were faced by the husband and finally ended up with a decision in his favor in 2005.
Pew felt surprised after seeing the thoughts of Americans regarding mercy killing to the ill patients in their country. Americans believe that people in great pain, having no hope of improvement have the moral rights to end their painful lives with medical assistance.
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