Table 2. Why did you answer “no” regarding disclosure of an incurable illness to pediatric patients?

Reasons	General population (n = 1,067.94)	Physicians (n = 155.97)
Disclosure can deteriorate illness by causing emotional distress.	407 (38.1)	20 (13.0)
Children cannot recognize the situation correctly.	287 (26.9)	69 (44.8)
Disclosure causes patients to lose hope and discourages them from fighting the disease.	182 (17.0)	35 (22.7)
Disclosure of terminal illness to children is not the right thing to do.	51 (4.8)	30 (19.5)
The prognosis may not be accurate.	72 (6.7)	0 (0)
Disclosure is not necessary because important decisions are made by the family rather than the children.	69 (6.5)	0 (0)

Values are presented as number (%).