Table 9 Correlation between items 8 and 10 and two factors “death-self-determination” and “WWT without a patient’s consent”
Death-self-determination | WWT without patient's consent | |
|---|---|---|
Item 8: Do you believe that physicians should be permitted by law to painlessly end the life of a patient who is suffering from an incurable illness, if the patient and the patient’s family ask for it? | 0.699** | 0.293** |
Item10: Do you believe that physicians should be permitted by law to help a patient who is suffering from an incurable illness and is living with severe pain to end their own life, if the patient asks for it? | 0.708** | 0.254** |