---
title: "Views on End-of-Life Medical Treatments"
description: "Most Americans say there are circumstances in which doctors and nurses should allow a patient to die, but a growing minority says medical professionals always should do everything possible to save a patient’s life."
date: "2013-11-21"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2013/11/21/views-on-end-of-life-medical-treatments-2/"
categories:
  - "Biotech"
  - "Death & Dying"
  - "Health Care"
  - "Health Policy"
  - "Medicine & Health"
  - "Older Adults & Aging"
  - "Religion & Science"
  - "Religion & Science"
  - "Religion & Social Values"
---

# Views on End-of-Life Medical Treatments