Table 6.

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

	Organizational type of hospital
	Public	Private	Non-profit	University
	Absolute (relative) frequency	Absolute (relative) frequency	Absolute (relative) frequency	Absolute (relative) frequency
Prospective ethics consultation	31 (84%)	8 (62%)	7 (64%)	6 (50%)
Retrospective ethics consultation	33 (89%)	10 (77%)	8 (73%)	8 (67%)
General ethical decision making	18 (49%)	8 (62%)	10 (91%)	3 (25%)
Development of clinical guidelines	24 (65%)	8 (62%)	8 (73%)	2 (17%)
Providing training in ethics	20 (54%)	8 (62%)	8 (73%)	3 (25%)
Counseling for hospital directors	20 (54%)	5 (39%)	8 (73%)	2 (17%)
Clinical research	0	0	1 (9%)	2 (17%)