Table 5.

Absolute and relative frequencies of types of clinical ethics support requested according to the size of the institution.

	Bed count
	<100	101–300	>301
	Absolute (relative) frequency	Absolute (relative) frequency	Absolute (relative) frequency
Prospective ethics consultation	12 (71%)	27 (71%)	13 (72%)
Retrospective ethics consultation	15 (88%)	30 (79%)	14 (78%)
General ethical decision making	7 (41%)	21 (55%)	11 (61%)
Developing clinical guidelines	7 (41%)	23 (61%)	12 (67%)
Providing training in ethics	5 (29%)	25 (66%)	9 (50%)
Counseling for hospital directors	8 (47%)	19 (50%)	8 (44%)
Clinical research	0	1 (3%)	2 (11%)