From: Changes in attitudes towards hastened death among Finnish physicians over the past sixteen years
 | Surgeons | Internists | GPs | Oncologists | Total | |||||||||||||||
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1999 | 2015 | 1999 | 2015 | 1999 | 2015 | 1999 | 2015 | 1999 | 2015 | |||||||||||
Number (% of total) | 175 | (24) | 142 | (22) | 184 | (25) | 153 | (24) | 316 | (43) | 245 | (38) | 54 | (7) | 104 | (16) | 729 | (100) | 644 | (100) |
Response rate, % | Â | 58 | Â | 47 | Â | 61 | Â | 47 | Â | 63 | Â | 49 | Â | 51 | Â | 66 | Â | 62 | Â | 51 |
Female, n (%) | 33 | (19) | 47 | (33) | 60 | (33) | 81 | (53) | 170 | (55) | 173 | (71) | 30 | (56) | 85 | (82) | 293 | (41) | 386 | (60) |
Mean age (range) | 48 | (33–66) | 51 | (33–64) | 48 | (32–70) | 52 | (33–65) | 42 | (25–63) | 47 | (25–65) | 46 | (35–61) | 48 | (32–67) | 45 | (25–70) | 50 | (25–67) |
Working placea | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Outpatient unit | 1 | (1) | 2 | (1) | 15 | (9) | 15 | (10) | 242 | (78) | 208 | (86) | 2 | (4) | 4 | (4) | 260 | (37) | 229 | (36) |
 Hospital | 146 | (85) | 124 | (88) | 123 | (71) | 122 | (82) | 33 | (11) | 24 | (10) | 44 | (83) | 91 | (88) | 346 | (49) | 361 | (57) |
 Other | 24 | (14) | 15 | (11) | 35 | (20) | 12 | (8) | 35 | (11) | 10 | (4) | 7 | (13) | 8 | (8) | 101 | (14) | 45 | (7) |
Years from graduation, median (range)b | 22 | (2–42) | 26 | (7–42) | 21 | (7–41) | 26 | (8–42) | 16 | (1–35) | 21 | (0–40) | 18 | (9–34) | 22 | (7–40) | 19 | (1–42) | 23 | (0–42) |
Married, n (%) | 140 | (81) | 119 | (84) | 142 | (79) | 124 | (81) | 228 | (73) | 198 | (81) | 45 | (83) | 71 | (71) | 555 | (77) | 512 | (80) |