Table 2.

Clergy Knowledge and Desire for Training Regarding End-of-Life Care, n = 31

	Correctly answered (%)	Incorrect or not sure (%)
Understanding of hospice and palliative care
1. Hospice care focuses on the comfort of patients who have 6 months or less.	74	26
2. Palliative care is care that helps with symptoms (e.g., pain) of incurable disease.	61	39
Understanding of intensive care
3. In the hospital, the percentage of people who survive CPR when their heart or breathing stops is 25% or less.	19	81
4. When a person is intubated or has a tube connected to a machine that helps them breathe, they cannot talk.	84	16
5. When a person is intubated or has a tube connected to a machine that helps them breathe, they cannot eat with their mouth.	100	0
6. When a person is intubated or has a tube connected to a machine that helps them breathe, they are usually sedated (not conscious).	71	29
Understanding of pain management
7. There is much that can be done for cancer pain.	90	10
8. Cancer patients do not frequently become addicted to pain medications.	26	74
9. There are effective treatments if you have side effects to pain medicines.	68	32

CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.