Table 3 Hypothetical change in trust if PAS was legalized in Sweden sorted by clinical specialty, sex, and age
From: Trends in Swedish physicians’ attitudes towards physician-assisted suicide: a cross-sectional study
Specialties | My own trust in healthcare would… | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Decrease (%) | Not influenced (%) | Increase (%) | |
Psychiatrists (n = 122) | 29.5 (21.4–37.6) | 48.4 (39.5–57.3) | 22.0 (14.6–29.4) |
Surgeons (n = 134) | 21.6 (14.6–28.6) | 62.0 (53.8–70.2) | 16.4 (10.1–16.4) |
GPs (n = 139) | 30.2 (22.6–37.8) | 56.8 (48.6–65.0) | 13.0 (7.5–18.6) |
Oncologists (n = 141) | 40.4 (32.3–48.5) | 51.8 (43.6–60.0) | 7.8 (3.4–12.2) |
Internists (n = 158) | 29.7 (22.6–36.8) | 57.0 (49.3–64.7) | 13.3 (8.0–18.6) |
Geriatricians (n = 124) | 46.0 (37.2–54.8) | 37.9 (29.4–46.4) | 16.1 (9.6–21.6)) |
Palliativists (n = 72) | 65.3 (54.3–76.3) | 26.4 (16.2–36.6) | 8.3 (1.9–14.7) |
Other specialties (n = 16) | 6/16 | 5/16 | 5/16 |
Totally (n = 906) | 35.4 (32.4–38.4) | 50.2 (46.9–53.7) | 14.4 (12.1–16.7) |
Sex | |||
Males (n = 458) | 27.7 (23.6–31.8) | 55.8 (51.3–50.3) | 16.5 (13.1–19.9) |
Females (n = 448) | 38.6 (34.1–43.1) | 47.8 (43.2–52.4) | 13.6 (10.4–16.8) |
Age | |||
< 46 year (n = 328) | 27.7 (22.9–35.5) | 55.8 (50.4–61.2) | 16.5 (12.5–20.5) |
46–60 year (n = 343) | 39.1 (33.9–44.3) | 49.3 (44.0–54.6) | 11.6 (8.2–15.0) |
> 61 year (n = 231) | 40.2 (33.9–46.5) | 44.6 (38.2–51.0) | 15.2 (10.6–21.8) |