Table 1 Proportion of professionals facing confrontations with death and suffering during the last month (n = 109)
None (%) | 1–4 times (%) | 5–8 times (%) | 9 or more times (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Witnessed intolerable suffering of a patient | 7 | 40 | 23 | 30 |
Witnessed intolerable suffering of a family member | 11 | 46 | 18 | 25 |
Gave care to a patient in agony | 33 | 31 | 11 | 25 |
Witnessed the death of a patient | 69 | 18 | 4 | 9 |
Gave care to a patient who passed away | 20 | 38 | 18 | 24 |
Participated in announcing bad news | 24 | 39 | 18 | 19 |