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Table 4 Attitudes of health professionals towards ethical clinical practice (n = 407), Ethiopia, 2021

From: Clinical ethical practice and associated factors in healthcare facilities in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

S.no

Statements of ethical clinical practice attitude of health professionals

Yes, n (%)

No, n (%)

1.

‘Ethical conduct is only important to avoid legal action’

253 (86.73)

54 (13.27)

2.

The patient’s wishes must always be adhered to’

70 (17.20)

337 (82.80)

3.

‘The patient should always be told if something goes wrong’

114 (28.01)

293 (71.99)

4.

Confidentiality cannot be kept in modern care and should be abandoned’

321 (78.87)

86 (21.13)

5.

The health professionals should do what is best irrespective of the patients opinion’

336 (82.56)

71 (17.44)

6.

Patients only need to consent for operations not for tests or medications’

311 (76.41)

96 (23.59)

7.

Close relatives must always be informed about a patient’s condition’

112 (27.52)

295 (72.48)

8.

Children [except in an emergency] should never be treated without the consent of their parents or guardians’

275 (67.57)

132 (32.43)

9.

health professionals should refuse to treat patients who behave violently’

281 (69.04)

126 (30.96)

10.

The law allows abortion to be performed, therefore health professionals cannot refuse to do an abortion for a patient’

50 (12.29)

357 (87.71)

11.

A patient who wishes to die should be assisted in doing so no matter what their illness’

121 (29.73)

286 (70.27)

12.

‘A patient who refuses to be treated on religious or other grounds should be told that they need to find another health professional with their beliefs or accept the treatment offered

109 (26.78)

298 (73.22)

 

Attitude (scored > 75%)

103 (25.31)

304 (74.69)

  1. Bold showed the average results and this is to emphasis the findings