Responses to questions regarding four scenarios depicting MAID in context of refusal of treatment or lack of access to resources
| Medical illness (n=1070) | Psychiatric illness (n=1070) | |||
| Refusal of treatment, % (no)* | Unaffordable housing, % (no)* | Refusal of treatment, % (no)* | Unaffordable treatment, % (no)* | |
| Does/would this patient meet the legal criteria for ‘grievous and irremediable’ medical/psychiatric condition? (% correct) | 26.5 (283) | 23.2 (248) | 31.7 (339) | 30.7 (328) |
| In your opinion, should this patient be able to receive MAID? (% support†) | 32.0 (342) | 23.2 (248) | 30.9 (331) | 25.7 (275) |
| Do you agree or disagree with the following statements that a doctor might make? (% agree‡) | ||||
| Provide MAID because the patient is eligible and requesting it§ | 42.6 (456) | 34.3 (367) | 37.9 (405) | 33.3 (356) |
| Don’t provide MAID because MAID is not a last resort option for this patient§ | 66.5 (712) | 67.4 (721) | 67.2 (719) | 65.1 (696) |
| Don’t provide MAID because MAID is not a medical professional’s duty§ | 35.9 (384) | 40.2 (430) | 35.9 (384) | 39.4 (422) |
*Percentages were rounded to one decimal place.
†The % of support was measured as the sum of the % of respondents who moderately or strongly support the provision of MAID.
‡The % of agreement was measured as the sum of the % of respondents who moderately or strongly agreed with each statement.
§These statements are abbreviated versions of the statements that can be found in the full survey.
MAID, medical assistance in dying.