APPENDIX 2
VIEWS OF
APM PALLIATIVE CARE
PHYSICIAN MEMBERS
The APM executive committee have supported the
initiation of a research project to assess the views and attitudes
of doctors working in palliative care.
An initial postal questionnaire of APM members
carried out in 2003 to get a feel for the views of the membership
revealed that over 90 per cent of respondents were against legalisation
of euthanasia. The postal survey was not intended for publication,
as it suffered from all the methodological limitations of questionnaires.
It was a preliminary short survey prior to conducting a properly
designed piece of work. For the sake of completion the survey
results are included.
The draft submission has been circulated on
the APM website, highlighted in the APM newsletter and members
have been made aware of the Bill at the APM Annual General Meeting
in Warwick 2004 and during a keynote address to the delegates
at the Warwick conference.
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