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Table 1 The clinical specialities, number of possible responders for each speciality, response rate, sex distribution, and median age

From: Trends in Swedish physicians’ attitudes towards physician-assisted suicide: a cross-sectional study

Specialty + numbers

Response rate (%)

Sex (M/F) (%)

Median age (min–max) (years)

Psychiatrists (n = 240)

52.9

47.2/52.8

58 (31–80)

Surgeons (n = 241)

57.3

71.7/28.3

48 (27–79)

GPs (n = 243)

58.0

51.1/48.9

47 (27–74)

Oncologists (n = 244)

59.4

43.4/57.2

48 (28–78)

Internists (n = 243)

66.3

61.5/38.5

48 (28–79)

Geriatricians (n = 243)

53.1

34.1/65.9

51.5 (29–72)

Palliativists (n = 123)

61.0

33.3/66.7

56 (37–83)

Others (n = 15)

 

9/6

55 (28–73)

Totally (n = 1577)

59.2

50.5/49.5

50 (27–83)

  1. GPs general practitioners, n number of respondents