Table 2 Differences in physicians’ perception of the decision to provide a “lower standard of care” according to gender
Medical | Ethical | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Male | Female | |
Agree | 222 (50.3) | 199 (40.0) | 246 (55.8) | 303 (61.0) |
Rather agree | 37 (8.4) | 28 (5.6) | 141 (32.0) | 159 (32.0) |
Rather disagree | 135 (30.6) | 206 (41.4) | 30 (6.8) | 21 (4.2) |
Disagree | 47 (10.7) | 64 (12.9) | 24 (5.4) | 14 (2.8) |
p-value | 0.0001 | 0.037 | ||