(3) Diagnosis | (4) Prognosis | ||||||||
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Reasons†: | Reasons†: | ||||||||
Response:‡ | Most often | 2nd most | 3rd most | 4th most | Response:‡ | Most often | 2nd most | 3rd most | 4th most |
*A = respect for autonomy, BI = informing is best, BN = not informing is best, T = always tell the truth, RL = required by the law, DH = don’t harm. | |||||||||
†If >100% in the same line this is due to about 5–10% of students having indicated more than one reason as most important. | |||||||||
‡1 certainly respect the patient’s wish (that is, do not inform), 2 probably respect the patient’s wish (that is, do not inform), 3 as likely to respect as not to respect the patient’s wish, 4 probably do not respect the patient’s wish (that is, inform), 5 certainly do not respect the patient’s wish (that is, inform). | |||||||||
Group M1 : 64 medical students at the end of their 5th year in 1996. | |||||||||
Group M2 : 63 medical students at the beginning of their 5th year in 1996. | |||||||||
Group L1 : 75 fifth to fourth year law students from an “international law” lecture in 1996. | |||||||||
Group L2 : 93 mostly first year law students from a “law and medicine” lecture in 1996. | |||||||||
Law students | |||||||||
1 (n=22) | A (86.4) | RL (9.1) | DH (4.5) | BI (4.5) | 1 (n=40) | A (72.5) | BN (10.0) | DH (10.0) | RL (5.0) |
2 (n=69) | A (81.2) | BN (15.9) | DH (7.2) | BI (5.8) | 2 (n=65) | A (83.1) | BN (12.3) | DH (10.8) | BI (7.7) |
3 (n=17) | A (58.8) | BI (29.4) | DH (11.8) | BN (5.9) | 3 (n=19) | A (36.8) | BI (31.6) | DH (10.5) | BN (5.3) |
4 (n=36) | BI (61.1) | T (30.6) | A (19.4) | DH (11.1) | 4 (n=28) | BI (57.1) | T (28.6) | A (21.4) | RL (10.7) |
5 (n=23) | BI (60.9) | T (26.1) | RL (8.7) | DH (8.7) | 5 (n=15) | BI (46.7) | T (46.7) | A (20.0) | DH (13.3) |
Medical sudents | |||||||||
1 (n=30) | A (93.3) | DH (6.7) | RL (6.7) | 1 (n=53) | A (86.8) | DH (9.4) | BN (3.8) | BI (1.9) | |
2 (n=55) | A (96.4) | DH (9.1) | BI (5.5) | RL (1.8) | 2 (n=49) | A (91.8) | BN (8.2) | DH (2.0) | BI (2.0) |
3 (n=27) | A (63.0) | BI (33.0) | RL (3.7) | T (3.7) | 3 (n=16) | A (62.5) | BI (50.0) | ||
4 (n=10) | BI (50.0) | A (30.0) | T (20.0) | 4 (n=5) | BI (100.0) | ||||
5 (n=5) | BI (60.0) | A (20.0) | 5 (n=4) | A (75.0) | BI (25.0) |