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Table 3 Judgment agreement by presence of patient’s decisional capacity

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

 

Agreement/disagreement of the opinion

  
 

Disagreed/withheld

Agreed/partially agreed

Total

 

Decisional capacity

Without/uncertain

23

14

37

p = 0.02

With

5

12

17

Total

28

26

54

 
  1. A chi-squared was used to compare percentages between the patient’s decisional capacity and agreement/disagreement of the opinion. p < 0.05 is the statistically significant difference.
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BMC Medical Ethics

ISSN: 1472-6939

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