Table 3.

Reasons for having never requested an Ethics consult

	Physicians (n = 73)	APPs (n = 18)	Nurses (n = 65)	p Value
Did not know there was an ethics consult service	24 (32.9%)	6 (33.3%)	16 (24.6%)	0.529
Did not know how to contact the ethics consult service	12 (16.4%)	5 (27.8%)	20 (30.8%)	0.129
Never felt the need for their help	30 (41.1%)	4 (22.2%)	17 (26.2%)	0.127
Did not believe ethics consults are helpful	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.2%)	0.064
Slow down the decisions needed to be made or further complicate the situation	7 (9.6%)	1 (5.6%)	5 (7.7%)	0.919
Did not feel the attending of record would agree	2 (2.7%)	3 (16.7%)	11 (16.9%)	0.008
Other	48 (65.8%)	9 (50.0%)	34 (52.3%)	0.208