Table 4.

Physician Satisfaction: % Reporting Very or Somewhat Satisfied (SE)

	Medical oncologist (n = 111)	Radiation oncologist (n = 66)	Surgeon (n = 171)	All (n = 348)
Satisfaction with the following areas of medical practice
Your current practice specialty	91.8 (2.6)	93.8 (3.0)	91.2 (2.2)	91.8 (1.5)
Your decision to become a physician	91.5 (2.6)	92.3 (3.3)	88.2 (2.5)	90.1 (1.6)
Your current work setting	90.3 (2.8)	86.1 (4.3)	88.9 (2.4)	89.0 (1.7)
Your overall professional career	89.6 (2.9)	92.4 (3.3)	87.1 (2.6)	88.9 (1.7)
Extent to which this practice has met your professional expectations	88.5 (3.0)	89.1 (3.9)	85.4 (2.7)	87.1 (1.8)
The amount of time you can spend with a patient	79.6 (3.8)	89.4 (3.8)	80.3 (3.0)	81.5 (2.1)