Patients have right to know about their condition | Yes | 99% | | 99% |
Physicians have obligation to inform patients of condition | Yes | 99% | | 100% |
I want to be told of serious, life-threatening diagnosis | Yes | 97% | | |
Told how much on illness and treatments | All details | 62% | 39% | 29% |
| General terms | 28 | 57 | 60 |
| Both (= details) | 10 | 3 | 11 |
Want family informed of exact condition | Yes | 85% | 58% | 33% |
| Sometimes | | 40 | 67 |
If patient is informed and active participant, better outcome results | Yes | 95% | 76% | 83% |
| Sometimes | | 23 | 17 |
Patient age | 18–30 | 11% | | |
| 31–40 | 16 | | |
| 41–50 | 23 | | |
| 51–60 | 17 | | |
| Over 60 | 33 | | |
Patient income | Below $20 000 | 17% | | |
| $21 000–40 000 | 35 | | |
| $41 000–60 000 | 18 | | |
| Over 60 000 | 18 | | |
| No answer | 12 | | |
Patient education | Grade school | 4% | | |
| High school | 50 | | |
| College | 32 | | |
| Postgraduate | 11 | | |
| No answer | 3 | | |