From: Under-diagnosis of pain by primary physicians and late referral to a palliative care team
Characteristics | Primary physicians (N = 77) | Palliative care physicians (N = 4) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
Gender | ||||
Male | 62 | 81 | 1 | 25 |
Female | 15 | 19 | 3 | 75 |
Clinical department | ||||
Internal medicine less-experienced oncology 1) | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Internal medicine more-experienced oncology 2) | 23 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Surgery 3) and Urology/Obstetrics and Gynecology | 31 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
Others 4) | 12 | 16 | 4 | 100 |
Experience as physicians | ||||
< 6years | 21 | 27 | 1 | 25 |
6−10years | 31 | 40 | 1 | 25 |
> 10years | 25 | 33 | 2 | 50 |