Physician responses regarding rabbinic involvement in different medical situations
| Physicians' responses | Physician actions when disagrees with rabbi | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Areas rabbis' advice requested | Object | Accept | Encourage | Unknown* | Confront parents | Call rabbi | Follow rabbi's advice | Unknown* |
| *covers those who did not answer a particular question. | ||||||||
| Figures in brackets are percentages. | ||||||||
| Non-invasive test (ie, x-ray) | 31 (27.4) | 77 (68.1) | 5 (4.4) | 0 | 65 (57.5) | 30 (26.5) | 4 (3.5) | 14 (12.4) |
| Non-emergency invasive test | 8 (7.1) | 92 (81.5) | 11 (9.7) | 2 (1.8) | 48 (42.4) | 53 (46.9) | 2 (1.8) | 10 (8.8) |
| Emergency invasive test (ie, LP) | 38 (33.6) | 63 (55.7) | 9 (8.0) | 3 (2.7) | 6 (58.4) | 35 (31.0) | 0 (0) | 12 (10.6) |
| Non-routine treatment (ie, IVIG) | 21 (18.6) | 77 (68.1) | 0 (8.0) | 6 (5.3) | 46 (49.5) | 44 (38.9) | 1 (0.9) | 12 (10.6) |
| Second opinion | 17 (15.0) | 82 (72.6) | 9 (8.0) | 5 (4.4) | 26 (23.0) | 20 (17.70) | 37 (32.7) | 30 (26.5) |