While there have been what seems like an unending succession of polls of British doctors about euthanasia and assisted suicide, that run by the British Medical Association (BMA) early in 2020 can lay claim to being one of the most thorough and significant. With over 29,000 respondents across all areas of medicine and at every career stage, it is the most wide-ranging and in-depth survey of medical opinion on the topic in the UK. The results published on Thursday are sobering, especially for those of us who oppose the idea of legalising the ending of patients' lives.