Table 4 comparison of the patients' perception, with the actual adherence/non-adherence to ethical principles in the public hospital as observed by our trained data collector*
Actual adherence to ethical principles as concluded by data collector | Overall patient perception of observance of ethical principles by doctors | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Observed | Not Observed | Total |
Observed | 47 | 18 | 65 |
Not observed | 20 | 8 | 28 |
Total | 67 | 26 | 93 |