Table 1 Respondent characteristics.
| Characteristics | Doctors (n = 656) |
|---|---|
| Age in years (mean (SD)) | 51 (28–82) |
| Years in practice (mean (SD)) | 25 (1–62) |
| Sex | |
| Male (%) | 546 (84.7) |
| Female (%) | 99 (15.3) |
| Specialty | |
| Family medicine (%) | 195 (34.7) |
| General medicine (%) | 188 (33.5) |
| Internal medicine (%) | 179 (31.9) |
| Primary practice site | |
| Hospital (%) | 258 (38.4) |
| Solo practice (%) | 182 (28.2) |
| Primary‐care group practice (%) | 164 (25.4) |
| Multispecialty group (%) | 23 (3.6) |
| Other (%) | 28 (4.4) |
| Admitting hospital | |
| Public (%) | 572 (93.9) |
| Private (%) | 21 (3.4) |
| Mixed (%) | 16 (2.6) |
| For profit (%) | 81 (16.5) |
| Not for profit (%) | 406 (82.5) |
| Teaching hospital | 264 (45.6) |
| Number of people in a 20‐mile radius | |
| <50 000 (%) | 108 (16.7) |
| 50 000–100 000 (%) | 125 (19.4) |
| 100 000–250 000 (%) | 155 (24) |
| 250 000–500 000 (%) | 100 (15.5) |
| >500 000 | 157 (24.3) |
| Training in ethics | |
| Ethics in medical school (%) | 224 (35.6) |
| Attended ethics conference (%) | 174 (27.6) |
| Intensive ethics course (%) | 36 (5.9) |
| Former or current clinical ethics committee member (%) | 50 (7.8) |
| Confidence about knowledge in ethics | |
| Not at all or not very confident (%) | 121 (17.5) |
| Somewhat confident (%) | 347 (53.8) |
| Very confident (%) | 185 (28.7) |
| Access to ethics consultation for individual cases (%) | 103 (17.6) |
| Ever used ethics support service (%) | 81 (13.6) |
Data are n (%) unless otherwise stated.