Table 5.

Frequency of ethical dilemmas

Doctors	Never %	Rarely %	Never/ Rarely %	Sometimes %	Often %	Always %	Often/ Always %
All doctors	6.6	29.7	36.3	44.5	12.8	6.4	19.2
From QFSH	5.9	31.3	37.2	42.1	13.5	7.2	20.7
From LWH	11.0	19.5	30.5	59.8	8.5	1.2	9.7
From surgical units	4.1	31.8	35.9	43.9	11.5	8.6	20.1
From non-surgical units	9.2	27.5	36.7	45.1	14.2	4.1	18.3
Male doctors	4.2	24	29.0	46.8	14.8	9.4	24.2
Female doctors	8.7	34.9	43.6	42.3	10.7	3.4	14.1
Chief physicians	4.3	27.6	31.9	48.3	12.9	6.9%	19.8
Deputy chief physicians	9.9	33.9	43.8	35.5	12.4	8.3	20.7
Attending physicians	5.0	32.4	37.4	45.8	11.7	5.0	16.7
Medical residents	6.9	25.0	31.9	47.3	14.4	6.4	20.8