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Table 3 The results of the six specialties’ attitudes towards physician-assisted suicide regarding the proportions who supported it

From: How to reveal disguised paternalism: version 2.0

Specialties

2007 study

2020 study

GPs (n = 155/141)

37% (29–45)

48% (40–56)

Surgeons (n = 144/138)

39% (31–47)

54% (46–62)

Geriatric (n = 123/129)

33% (25–41)

37% (29–45)

Internists (n = 155/161)

32% (25–39)

44% (36–52)

Psychiatrists (n = 135/127)

41% (33–49)

54% (45–63)

Oncologist (n = 149/145)

26% (19–33)

46% (38–54)*

All (n = 859/841)

35% (32–38)

47% (44–50)*

  1. The results might be compared with the indices presented in Table 4. In comparisons where the 95% confidence intervals did not overlap each other, an * indicates that the differences were significant as if a hypothesis test had been conducted (p < 0.05)