Table 3 Prevalence of PP and extent of patient involvement
Direct patient contact | ||
No | 41 | 54.7% |
Yes | 34 | 45.3% |
Case based ethics support | ||
No | 12 | 20.7% |
Yes | 46 | 79.3% |
How often would the patient be directly involved in your ethics support intervention? (by means of active and direct participation or a direct conversation with the ethics support person) | ||
Never | 3 | 8.8% |
Hardly ever (1–10%) | 9 | 26.5% |
Sometimes (10–40%) | 14 | 41.2% |
Most of the time (40–80%) | 5 | 14.7% |
Nearly always (80–99%) | 1 | 2.9% |
Always (100%) | 2 | 5.9% |
In what way would the patient be involved in the ethics intervention process? | ||
The patient would be informed about the ethics support activity prior to the seating | 18 | 60.0% |
The patient would actually be asked how he/she would think about the ethical issue at hand, prior to the seating | 14 | 46.7% |
The patient wouls be asked for consent to discuss his/her case (without the patient actually attending the meeting) | 11 | 36.7% |
The patient would be invited to actually participate in the CESS activity | 13 | 43.3% |
The patient would be informed about the CESS activity afterwards | 6 | 20.0% |
Other | 8 | 26.7% |