Table 2 Agreement with statements about euthanasia and PAS in 1993, 2003, 2013 and 2020
Statement | Fully agree | Partly agree | Partly disagree | Fully disagree | I cannot say | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | 2003 | 2013 | 2020 | 1993 | 2003 | 2013 | 2020 | 1993 | 2003 | 2013 | 2020 | 1993 | 2003 | 2013 | 2020 | 1993 | 2003 | 2013 | 2020 | |
Euthanasia should be legalized in Finland | 5% | 9% | 15% | 25% | 25% | 21% | 31% | 24% | 21% | 16% | 17% | 13% | 30% | 46% | 28% | 34% | 19% | 9% | 9% | 5% |
A practice similar to that in the Netherlands and Belgium should be adopted | 12% | 15% | 24% | 30% | 37% | 22% | 28% | 22% | 14% | 17% | 15% | 11% | 23% | 37% | 26% | 31% | 13% | 10% | 7% | 5% |
A physician should be punished for assisting in a suicide | 22% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 13% | 18% | 14% | 13% | 32% | 28% | 31% | 27% | 14% | 22% | 22% | 39% | 20% | 18% | 19% | 10% |
With adequate terminal care and pain control, there is no need for active* euthanasia | 25% | 32% | 24% | 31% | 32% | 31% | 32% | 26% | 22% | 23% | 30% | 27% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 14% | 10% | 6% | 6% | 2% |
Accepting active*euthanasia would harm the doctor–patient relationship in general | 22% | 21% | 14% | 18% | 26% | 23% | 19% | 18% | 23% | 24% | 27% | 20% | 15% | 16% | 21% | 31% | 15% | 16% | 20% | 13% |