Table 1.

Selected respondent characteristics

Characteristic		Percentage of respondents
Involved in palliative management of patients	Never	2%
	Rarely	18%
	Sometimes	35%
	Often	46%
Family practice in rural or suburban areas		50%
Aware of BCCA radiotherapy program		85%
Have ever referred a patient for radiotherapy		63%
Medical school training in	Palliative Care	44%
	Radiotherapy	18%
Post-MD training in	Palliative Care	28%
	Radiotherapy	6%