Confronted with euthanasia throughout their career | Sample (N = 178) N/% |
---|---|
Ever confronted with such requests | 143 (80.3) |
- Ever confronted and never refused to be involved | 130 (73.0) |
- Ever confronted, but ever refused to be involved | 13 (7.3) |
Ever engaged in assessment for euthanasia in APC patientsa | |
 No, never | 48 (27.5) |
 Yes, as | 130 (72.5)b |
- referring physician | 78 (43.8) |
- attending physician | 54 (30.3) |
   with patients from my practice | 41 (23.0) |
   for patients referred to me by a colleague | 27 (15.2) |
- preliminary advising physician | 35 (19.7) |
- formally advising physician | 39 (21.9) |
- participant to the administration of the lethal drugs (performing physician) | 8 (4.5) |
   with patients from my practice | 8 (4.5) |
   for patients referred to me by a colleague | 0 (0.0) |
  - in another rolec | 12 (6.8) |