FSD1145 Life Values 1997

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Question text

A woman is in the last stages of a terminal, painful illness. She is still in full possession of her faculties and asks the doctor to give an injection that would end her life. Do you think the doctor should act according to her wish?

Frequencies

Category labels Value n
No 1 205
Yes, if her family agrees 2 74
Yes 3 445
Yes, some other reason 4 22
Can't say 5 40
Displayed frequencies are not weighted

Summary statistics

Number of valid cases 786
Maximum 5
Minimum 1
Mean 2.51
Standard deviation 1.065

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