Table 5 Frequency of ethical dilemmas
From: Patient-centred care and patient autonomy: doctors’ views in Chinese hospitals
Doctors | Never % | Rarely % | Never/ Rarely % | Sometimes % | Often % | Always % | Often/ Always % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All doctors | 6.6 | 29.7 | 36.3 | 44.5 | 12.8 | 6.4 | 19.2 |
From QFSH | 5.9 | 31.3 | 37.2 | 42.1 | 13.5 | 7.2 | 20.7 |
From LWH | 11.0 | 19.5 | 30.5 | 59.8 | 8.5 | 1.2 | 9.7 |
From surgical units | 4.1 | 31.8 | 35.9 | 43.9 | 11.5 | 8.6 | 20.1 |
From non-surgical units | 9.2 | 27.5 | 36.7 | 45.1 | 14.2 | 4.1 | 18.3 |
Male doctors | 4.2 | 24 | 29.0 | 46.8 | 14.8 | 9.4 | 24.2 |
Female doctors | 8.7 | 34.9 | 43.6 | 42.3 | 10.7 | 3.4 | 14.1 |
Chief physicians | 4.3 | 27.6 | 31.9 | 48.3 | 12.9 | 6.9% | 19.8 |
Deputy chief physicians | 9.9 | 33.9 | 43.8 | 35.5 | 12.4 | 8.3 | 20.7 |
Attending physicians | 5.0 | 32.4 | 37.4 | 45.8 | 11.7 | 5.0 | 16.7 |
Medical residents | 6.9 | 25.0 | 31.9 | 47.3 | 14.4 | 6.4 | 20.8 |