Table 2.

Participant characteristics (N = 50)

	N	%
Ethnicity
Caucasian	45	90
Other	5	10
Religious/Spiritual
Religious and Spiritual	24	48
Spiritual not Religious	17	34
Not Religious or Spiritual	9	18
Religious not Spiritual	0	0
Primary populationa
Specialized Palliative	26	52
Primary	17	34
Med Surg	13	26
Other	11	22
Location of worka
Community	24	48
Hospital	18	36
Homecare	19	38
Hospice	12	24
Long-Term Care	10	20
Other	4	8
Province worked in
British Columbia	23	46
Ontario	21	42
Other	6	12
Sphere of work responsibilitiesa
Urban (>10,000)	41	82
Rural (<10,000)	28	56
Remote	8	16
Nurse Designation
Registered Nurse	30	60
NP	16	32
Clinical Nurse Specialist	2	4
LPN	1	2
RPN	1	2
Mean Years in Professional Designation (mean ± SD)	17.9 (± 11.8)
Number of MAIDs Since Legalization
0-4	8	16
5-9	7	14
10-14	6	12
15-19	7	14
20-24	4	8
25 or more	18	36
Contentious objector to MAID
Yes	5	10
No	45	90

^aResponses are not mutually exclusive, multiple ‘yes’ responses possible