TABLE 1.

Survey responses (n=5224)

Question	Yes	Possibly	Unlikely	No
1. Have all treatments besides comfort measures been withdrawn/withheld in this patient? (If ‘yes’, stop here)	1.2			97.8
2. Do you feel the patient will achieve hospital discharge?	41.5	38.4	12.4	6.7
3. Do you feel the patient will achieve a state of relative independence?	39.0	36.1	15.3	8.6
4. Do you feel the patient will achieve interactivity with his or her environment?	58.8	28.7	7.3	4.2
5. Do you feel the patient wants the level of treatment he or she is receiving?	74.4	I don’t know		3.0
		21.6
6. Do you feel the most appropriate management at this time is to withdraw life support?	6.6			91.1

Data presented as % of all completed and valid surveys