UK nurses | US medical attendings | US surgeons | US house officers | US nurses | US overall | |
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1. All competent patients, even if they are not considered terminally ill, have the right to refuse life support, even if that refusal may lead to death. | ||||||
2. Many patients perfer to let their caregiver make the decision about what treatment is best. | ||||||
3. Many patients prefer not to know they are dying. | ||||||
1. | 4.55 (93%) | 4.39 (86%) | 4.44 (87%) | 4.49 (87%) | 4.52 (89%) | 4.48 (87%) |
2. | 2.74 (28%) | 3.47 (56%) | 3.70 (65%) | 3.55 (59%) | 3.31 (50%) | 3.42 (54%) |
3. | 2.44 (16.5%) | 2.68 (29%) | 2.95 (35%) | 2.18 (29%) | 2.38 (19%) | 2.51 (23%) |