Table 1

Distributions of the respondents (N = 304)

Age stratum
(%)

     39 years or younger
41
     40–49 years
42
     50 years or older
15
     Missing data
2
Sex

     Female
15
     male
85
Fields of practice

     Pediatrics
2
     Family practice
11
     General internal medicine
44
     Specialty internal medicine
21
     Surgery-related
7
     Emergency medicine
9
     The other fields
7
Size of employing facilities

     Office-based clinic
24
     1–100 beds
13
     101–250 beds
17
     251–500 beds
17

     501 or more beds
28

Bito and Asai BMC Medical Ethics 2007 8:7   doi:10.1186/1472-6939-8-7