Doctors' willingness to give honest answers about end-of-life practices: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to (1) evaluate the extent to which doctors in New Zealand would be willing to answer honestly questions about their care of patients at the end of their lives and (2) identify the assurances that would encourage this. Results were compared with findings from a previous pilot study from the UK. Survey study involving a mailed questionnaire. New Zealand hospital and community-based medical care settings. The questionnaire was mailed to a random sample of 800 doctors in New Zealand who were vocationally registered with the Medical Council of New Zealand in disciplines involving caring for patients at the end of their lives. Willingness to provide honest answers about various aspects of end-of-life care; assurances that might increase willingness to provide honest answers to question

SUBMITTER: Merry AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3664351 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature