No* | Mean (median) | Range | |
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Using a scale of 1–6, please indicate your feelings on the initial approach regarding the postmortem of your friend/relative | |||
Unhelpful → helpful | 16 | 5.8 (6) | 5–6 |
Inconsiderate → considerate | 15 | 5.5 (6) | 4–6 |
Tactless → tactful | 15 | 5.5 (6) | 4–6 |
At the time you were approached regarding the postmortem of your friend/relative, how would you rate ( using the same rating scale ) the verbal information given to you? | |||
Insufficient → sufficient | 15 | 5.6 (6) | 5–6 |
Not very easy to understand → easy to understand | 15 | 5.7 (6) | 5–6 |
Unsuitable → suitable | 14 | 5.6 (6) | 5–6 |
At the time you were approached regarding the postmortem of your friend/relative, how would you rate ( using the same rating scale ) the written information given to you? | |||
Insufficient → sufficient | 14† | 5.7 (6) | 4–6 |
Not very easy to understand → easy to understand | 14† | 5.7 (6) | 4–6 |
Unsuitable → suitable | 14† | 5.5 (6) | 4–6 |
Were your questions answered to your satisfaction? ( Please use the same rating scale ) | |||
Unsatisfactory → very satisfactory | 16 | 5.9 (6) | 5–6 |
Overall, do you consider your experience of being asked for consent to a postmortem examination was dealt with: ( please use the same rating scale ) | |||
Unprofessionally → professionally | 15 | 5.7 (6) | 4–6 |
Unsympathetically → sympathetically | 14 | 5.7 (6) | 5–6 |
Not at all understanding → in an understanding way | 14 | 5.6 (6) | 4–6 |
Insensitively → sensitively | 15 | 5.5 (6) | 4–6 |
Tactlessly → tactfully | 14 | 5.5 (6) | 4–6 |
*The data are amalgamated from the trial year survey and subsequent questionnaires. Altogether, 16 replies were received. Not all questions were answered.
†One person did not receive any written information.