Lee Carol Hj, Duck Isabelle M, Sibley Chris G
Post-Graduate Student, School of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland.
Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care, Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners, Westgate Medical Centre, Auckland.
N Z Med J. 2017 Jan 13;130(1448):9-17.
To explore the distribution of New Zealanders' support towards the legalisation of euthanasia and examine demographic and psychological factors associated with these attitudes.
15,822 participants responded to the 2014/15 New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study (NZAVS) survey. This survey included an item on people's attitudes towards euthanasia, and information on their demographic and psychological characteristics.
The majority of New Zealanders expressed support for euthanasia, which was assessed by asking "Suppose a person has a painful incurable disease. Do you think that doctors should be allowed by law to end the patient's life if the patient requests it?" Non-religious, liberal, younger, employed, non-parents and those living in rural areas were more supportive. Those of Pacific or Asian ethnicity, with lower income and higher deprivation, education and socio-economic status were less supportive. Furthermore, those high on extraversion, conscientiousness and neuroticism showed more support, while those high on agreeableness and honesty-humility exhibited less support.
There is strong public support for euthanasia when people are asked whether doctors should be allowed by law to end the life of a patient with a painful incurable disease upon their request. There are reliable demographic and personality differences in support for euthanasia.
探讨新西兰人对安乐死合法化的支持分布情况，并研究与这些态度相关的人口统计学和心理因素。
15822名参与者回应了2014/15年新西兰态度与价值观研究（NZAVS）调查。该调查包括一项关于人们对安乐死态度的项目，以及他们的人口统计学和心理特征信息。
大多数新西兰人表示支持安乐死，这是通过询问“假设一个人患有痛苦的不治之症。你认为如果患者提出请求，法律是否应该允许医生结束患者的生命？”来评估的。非宗教、思想开放、年轻、就业、非父母以及居住在农村地区的人更支持。太平洋岛民或亚裔、低收入、高贫困程度、低教育水平和低社会经济地位的人支持度较低。此外，性格外向、尽责和神经质程度高的人支持度更高，而宜人性和诚实谦逊程度高的人支持度较低。
当被问及法律是否应该允许医生应患者请求结束患有痛苦不治之症患者的生命时，公众对安乐死有强烈支持。在对安乐死的支持方面存在可靠的人口统计学和性格差异。
