Table 8

Practitioner agreement with the statement: “Disconnecting a feeding tube is killing a patient” Percentage agreeing or strongly agreeing with statement, on scale of 1=strongly disagree, 5=strongly agree, with mean score in parentheses.

UK nursesUS medical attendingsUS surgical attendingsUS house officersUS nursesUS overall
18% (2.22)11% (1.84)12% (1.89)9% (1.62)12% (1.97)12% (1.89)