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Table 5 Attitude towards life-sustaining treatments (N = 737)

From: Knowledge of palliative care and preference of end of life care: a cross-sectional survey of residents in the Chinese socio-cultural background of Macao

 

n

%

If the doctor has diagnosed you with an incurable illness, and you are estimated to have less than 6 months to live, would you agree that all life-sustaining treatments should not be stopped under any circumstances?

 Strongly agree

114

15.5

 Agree

217

29.4

 Neither agree nor disagree

96

13.0

 Disagree

210

28.5

 Strongly disagree

36

4.9

 I don’t know/ Don’t want to answer

64

8.7