Baume P, O'Malley E
School of Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington.
Med J Aust. 1994 Jul 18;161(2):137, 140, 142-4.
To record doctors' attitudes towards, and practice of, active voluntary euthanasia (AVE) and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.
A postal survey was sent to a random sample of 2000 practitioners on the Medical Register of NSW (which includes medical practitioners in the ACT).
Almost half the practitioners had been asked to perform euthanasia, of whom 28% had complied. Of practitioners asked to assist with suicide, 7% had complied. There was majority support for changes to the law concerning euthanasia.
There are relatively high levels of support for, and practice of, AVE and PAS by medical practitioners in New South Wales and the ACT, suggesting that the current legislation should be reviewed.
记录新南威尔士州和澳大利亚首都直辖区医生对积极自愿安乐死（AVE）和医生协助自杀（PAS）的态度及做法。
向新南威尔士州医疗注册登记册上随机抽取的2000名从业者（其中包括澳大利亚首都直辖区的从业者）邮寄调查问卷。
近一半的从业者曾被要求实施安乐死，其中28%的人照做了。在被要求协助自杀的从业者中，7%的人照做了。多数人支持对安乐死相关法律进行修改。
新南威尔士州和澳大利亚首都直辖区的医生对积极自愿安乐死和医生协助自杀的支持率及实施率相对较高，这表明现行立法应予以审查。
