Table 2 Thinking about a critically ill person: when does the dying process begin according to your personal opinion?

When the medically assessed life expectancy amounts to …	Doctors	Judges
A few months	7.4	7.5
A few weeks	23.7	24.4
A few days	48.8	45.5
A few hours	6.6	10.9

Values in valid percentages.

Difference at 100% because of the category “not applicable”.