Prevalence of Living Wills Up Slightly

Forty-five percent of Americans say they have a living will, a slight increase from 40% in 2005, when Gallup last asked this question. The increase has come among those of higher socioeconomic status, with double-digit increases among college graduates and upper- and middle-income adults. …

Seventy-four percent of U.S. adults say doctors should be allowed to end the life of a patient with an incurable disease “by some painless means” if the patient and the patient’s family requests it. CONT.

Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup


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