Table 4.

Impressions of Ethical Issues Arising in Television Medical Dramas.

							P-values
	MS1 & MS2 Sample Size	MS1 & MS2 % Adequate	MS3& MS4 Sample Size	MS3 & MS4 % Adequate	Nursing Sample Size	Nursing % Adequate	MS1& MS2 to MS3 & MS4	MS1 & MS2 to Nursing	MS3 & MS4 to Nursing
Access to and equity     in health care	45	76%	39	67%	70	70%	0.368	0.516	0.719
Artificial and     transplanted     organs/tissues	50	66%	47	38%	77	47%	0.006	0.033	0.358
Confidentiality	47	62%	36	19%	91	25%	<0.001	<0.001	0.482
Death and dying	67	75%	52	77%	111	76%	0.772	0.873	0.865
Education for health     care professionals	45	47%	37	32%	61	44%	0.190	0.803	0.246
Enhancement	29	55%	34	35%	60	50%	0.114	0.646	0.168
Human     experimentation	18	56%	19	26%	31	16%	0.070	0.004	0.384
Infectious diseases	53	62%	47	40%	92	65%	0.029	0.719	0.005
Informed consent	41	51%	32	31%	68	46%	0.087	0.569	0.174
Medical mistakes	60	60%	47	40%	97	44%	0.044	0.056	0.660
Professional     misconduct	59	32%	51	26%	104	24%	0.441	0.259	0.842
Quality/Value of     life/Personhood	54	69%	38	66%	87	61%	0.787	0.363	0.603
Rationing care	20	60%	27	59%	52	48%	0.960	0.363	0.347
Truth disclosure	38	48%	40	60%	67	51%	0.263	0.741	0.352

MS1, first-year; MS2, second-year; MS3, third-year; MS4, fourth-year medical student