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Country	Region	Number of respondents	Occurrence of withdrawal	Stopping life-prolonging treatment is allowed^b	National law or regulation of right for palliative care
Belgium	West	19	79	95	53	5	42	0
UK	North	46	72	80	17	11	65	7
France	West	34	65	65	59	3	29	9
The Netherlands	West	14	64	100	29	14	57	0
Austria	West	13	62	69	39	15	39	8
Sweden	North	15	60	93	40	13	40	7
Switzerland	West	13	54	100	31	15	54	0
Spain	South	48	50	73	38	21	31	10
Germany	West	37	49	57	24	22	49	5
Czech Republic	East	12	33	33	17	17	42	25
Portugal	South	14	29	71	43	21	29	7
Romania	East	18	28	33	11	0	56	33
Egypt	South	15	27	20	0	0	53	47
Russia	East	11	27	18	9	18	9	64
Greece	South	26	23	8	12	0	39	50
Poland	East	17	18	53	24	0	59	18
Italy	South	77	13	40	7	3	53	38
Croatia	South	11	0	27	0	0	55	45

Country	Region	Number of respondents	Occurrence of withdrawal	Stopping life-prolonging treatment is allowed^b	National law or regulation of right for palliative care
Belgium	West	19	79	95	53	5	42	0
UK	North	46	72	80	17	11	65	7
France	West	34	65	65	59	3	29	9
The Netherlands	West	14	64	100	29	14	57	0
Austria	West	13	62	69	39	15	39	8
Sweden	North	15	60	93	40	13	40	7
Switzerland	West	13	54	100	31	15	54	0
Spain	South	48	50	73	38	21	31	10
Germany	West	37	49	57	24	22	49	5
Czech Republic	East	12	33	33	17	17	42	25
Portugal	South	14	29	71	43	21	29	7
Romania	East	18	28	33	11	0	56	33
Egypt	South	15	27	20	0	0	53	47
Russia	East	11	27	18	9	18	9	64
Greece	South	26	23	8	12	0	39	50
Poland	East	17	18	53	24	0	59	18
Italy	South	77	13	40	7	3	53	38
Croatia	South	11	0	27	0	0	55	45

Table 2.

Country-level results^a for items related to legal–ethical context, ordered by the percentage of respondents reporting withdrawal occurrence

Country	Region	Number of respondents	Occurrence of withdrawal	Stopping life-prolonging treatment is allowed^b	National law or regulation of right for palliative care
Country	Region	Number of respondents	Occurrence of withdrawal	Stopping life-prolonging treatment is allowed^b	Explicit law	Official regulation	No regulation, but permissive attitude	No regulation, no permissive attitude
Belgium	West	19	79	95	53	5	42	0
UK	North	46	72	80	17	11	65	7
France	West	34	65	65	59	3	29	9
The Netherlands	West	14	64	100	29	14	57	0
Austria	West	13	62	69	39	15	39	8
Sweden	North	15	60	93	40	13	40	7
Switzerland	West	13	54	100	31	15	54	0
Spain	South	48	50	73	38	21	31	10
Germany	West	37	49	57	24	22	49	5
Czech Republic	East	12	33	33	17	17	42	25
Portugal	South	14	29	71	43	21	29	7
Romania	East	18	28	33	11	0	56	33
Egypt	South	15	27	20	0	0	53	47
Russia	East	11	27	18	9	18	9	64
Greece	South	26	23	8	12	0	39	50
Poland	East	17	18	53	24	0	59	18
Italy	South	77	13	40	7	3	53	38
Croatia	South	11	0	27	0	0	55	45

Country	Region	Number of respondents	Occurrence of withdrawal	Stopping life-prolonging treatment is allowed^b	National law or regulation of right for palliative care
Country	Region	Number of respondents	Occurrence of withdrawal	Stopping life-prolonging treatment is allowed^b	Explicit law	Official regulation	No regulation, but permissive attitude	No regulation, no permissive attitude
Belgium	West	19	79	95	53	5	42	0
UK	North	46	72	80	17	11	65	7
France	West	34	65	65	59	3	29	9
The Netherlands	West	14	64	100	29	14	57	0
Austria	West	13	62	69	39	15	39	8
Sweden	North	15	60	93	40	13	40	7
Switzerland	West	13	54	100	31	15	54	0
Spain	South	48	50	73	38	21	31	10
Germany	West	37	49	57	24	22	49	5
Czech Republic	East	12	33	33	17	17	42	25
Portugal	South	14	29	71	43	21	29	7
Romania	East	18	28	33	11	0	56	33
Egypt	South	15	27	20	0	0	53	47
Russia	East	11	27	18	9	18	9	64
Greece	South	26	23	8	12	0	39	50
Poland	East	17	18	53	24	0	59	18
Italy	South	77	13	40	7	3	53	38
Croatia	South	11	0	27	0	0	55	45

Values are numbers (%).

^aResults displayed for countries with at least 10 respondents.

^bRefers to respondents' perception that life-prolonging treatment in terminally ill patients is formally or informally allowed in their country.