Skip to main content

Table 2 Extent to which criteria for quality of consultation are met according to whether the second physician is a LEIF physician or not

From: Nationwide survey to evaluate the decision-making process in euthanasia requests in Belgium: do specifically trained 2nd physicians improve quality of consultation?

 

All* N = 170

LEIF physician (N = 51)†

Not LEIF physician (N = 119)‡

p-value LEIF vs not-LEIF

The second physician

    

Was not a colleague of the attending physician

71 (41.8)

35 (68.6)

36 (30.3)

< 0.0001

Was not a co-attending physician

111 (65.7)

47 (88.7)

64 (53.8)

< 0.0001

Did not know the patient

102 (60.4)

44 (86.3)

58 (49.2)

< 0.0001

Examined the patient file

161 (95.8)

48 (94.1)

113 (96.6)

0.435

Talked to/examined the patient

155 (93.9)

48 (96.0)

107 (93.0)

0.725

Made a written report

106 (62.8)

35 (72.9)

71 (67.0)

0.456

  1. *1 to 16 missing cases.
  2. †1 to 3 missing cases.
  3. ‡1 to 13 missing cases.