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Participant's Demographic Information |
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| Attributes |
Physician A |
Ethicist B |
Physician C |
Ethicist D |
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| Nationality |
United States |
United States |
Japan |
Japan |
| Specialization |
medicine/psychiatry |
ethics |
medicine/internal medicine |
ethics |
| Professional degree |
M.D. |
PhD in philosophy |
M.D. |
MA in philosophy |
| Affiliation |
university |
university/hospital |
general hospital |
university |
| Number of available hospital beds |
university hospital 500–600 beds |
polyclinic hospital 700 beds |
general hospital 110 beds |
university hospital, mid-size general hospital 200–300 beds |
| Years of experience |
about 20 |
about 11 |
about 1 |
about 4 |
| Total number of cases experienced |
more than 500 |
about 250 |
about five |
about 400 |
Nagao et al. BMC Medical Ethics 2008 9:2 doi:10.1186/1472-6939-9-2 |
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