Table 3. Multinomial regressions with the degree of self-assessed awareness (know a lot versus know a little) about palliative care predicting the likelihood of a) agreeing versus disagreeing, b) agreeing versus responding “don’t know,” and c) disagreeing versus responding “don’t know” for knowledge and belief items.

	Agree vs. Disagree (ref)		Agree vs. Don’t know (ref)		Disagree vs. Don’t know (ref)
	RRR	p value	RRR	p value	RRR	p value
Knowledge of palliative care
The goal of palliative care is to help friends and family to cope with a patient’s illness.	0.81	.591	5.11	.001	6.29	.003
The goal of palliative care is to manage pain and other physical symptoms.	8.45	.001	9.28	.001	1.10	.919
The goal of palliative care is to offer social and emotional support.	1.71	.336	6.22	.002	3.63	.104
The goal of palliative care is to give patients more time at the end of life.	0.62	.016	3.15	.002	5.08	< .001
Palliative care is the same as hospice care.	0.90	.611	14.82	< .001	16.39	< .001
If you accept palliative care, you must stop other treatments.	1.03	.925	4.71	< .001	4.59	< .001
Beliefs about palliative care
Accepting palliative care means giving up.	0.93	.765	15.70	.002	16.94	.001
When I think of "palliative care," I automatically think of death.	0.92	.669	9.25	< .001	10.03	< .001
It is a doctor’s obligation to inform all patients with cancer about the option of palliative care.	0.39	.005	2.48	.037	6.34	.001

Notes. RRR = relative risk ratio. Bold type indicates accurate knowledge and positive beliefs. Analyses controlled for demographic and medical factors (i.e., age, gender, education, race, ethnicity, and personal and family history of cancer).