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Table 2 Classification list of patients’ decisional capacity, agreement of opinion about medical care between the clinical ethics consultation (CEC) client and team, and approval of the patient preference from the consultation team

From: Comparison of ethical judgments exhibited by clients and ethics consultants in Japan

 

Number of patients

%

Patient’s decisional capacity

(n = 60)

 

     With decisional capacity

18

30

     Without decisional capacity

25

41.7

     Uncertain

12

20

     No relationship

5

8.3

Agreement of opinion about medical care between the CEC client and CEC team

(n = 60)

 

     Agreed

10

16.7

     Disagreed

9

15

     Partially agreed

16

26.7

     Withheld

23

38.7

     Other

2

3.3

Approval of the patient preference from the CEC team

(n = 55)

 

     Against patient preference

4

7.3

     For patient preference

9

16.4

     Undetermined because of ambiguous patient preference

19

34.5

     Not applicable because the patient had no decisional capacity

23

41.8