Table 3 |
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Comparison between HCPs and Non-HCPs. |
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Question |
HCP |
Non-HCP |
P Value |
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Overall |
67 (62%) |
40 (37%)2. |
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Is a physician's refusal to provide or continue treatment on the ground of futility judgment morally sound? |
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Yes |
13(19.4%) |
11(27.5%) |
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No |
49(73.1%) |
24(60%) |
0.252 |
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Others (Comments) |
5(7.5%) |
5(12.5%) |
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If treatment is physiologically futile, is there any obligation on a physician to inform the patient? |
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Yes |
56(86.2) |
35(87.5%) |
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No/Others |
9(13.9%) |
5(12.5%) |
0.884 |
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Should physicians be allowed to judge about evaluative futility and rely on their own personal beliefs and values? |
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Yes |
18(29%) |
13(33.3%) |
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No |
44(71%) |
26(66.7%) |
0.648 |
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* Written comments were excluded in the analysis. |
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Bagheri et al. BMC Medical Ethics 2006 7:8 doi:10.1186/1472-6939-7-8 |
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