This study surveys the differences of relatively healthy proponents of end-of-life choices and people with irremediable health conditions having already made the decision to hasten their deaths on what each group considers important in influencing a desire to hasten death. Psychosocial factors were more important than physical ones for both groups; but those contemplating what might influence them to hasten their deaths in the future thought pain and feeling ill would be much bigger factors than they turned out to be for those deciding to do so. Those having decided to hasten their deaths cited the lack of any further viable medical treatments and having to live in a nursing home as bigger factors. Identifying these psychosocial factors influencing a desire for a hastened death suggests that caregivers and medical providers may want to review what compassionate understanding and support looks like for people wanting to hasten their death.

这项研究调查了临终选择的相对健康支持者和已经做出加速死亡决定的健康状况无法治愈的人在每个群体认为影响加速死亡愿望的重要因素方面的差异。对于两组来说，心理社会因素比身体因素更重要；但那些考虑未来可能会影响他们加速死亡的因素的人认为，疼痛和感觉不适将是比那些决定这样做的人结果要大得多的因素。那些决定加速死亡的人表示，缺乏任何进一步可行的医疗方法以及不得不住在疗养院是更大的因素。确定这些影响加速死亡愿望的心理社会因素表明，护理人员和医疗提供者可能需要审查对于想要加速死亡的人来说，富有同情心的理解和支持是什么样的。