From: New Zealand medical students’ views of euthanasia/assisted dying across different year levels
Q1: ‘Do you think the law in New Zealand should be changed to allow doctors, under certain circumstances, to provide or administer a medicine to a person, at their voluntary and competent request, that will bring about their death?’ | |||||
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Year levels | Yes | No | Unsure | Total | Response rate |
2nd | 68 (64.8%) | 15 (14.3%) | 22 (21.0%) | 105 | 35% |
3rd | 57 (62.6%) | 18 (19.8%) | 16 (17.6%) | 91 | 31% |
4th | 34 (51.5%) | 16 (24.2%) | 16 (24.2%) | 66 | 22% |
5th | 25 (39.1%) | 22 (34.4%) | 17 (26.6%) | 64 | 23% |