Table 2 Participant characteristics (N = 50)

Ethnicity

 Caucasian

45

90

 Other

5

10

Religious/Spiritual

 Religious and Spiritual

24

48

 Spiritual not Religious

17

34

 Not Religious or Spiritual

9

18

 Religious not Spiritual

0

0

Primary population^a

 Specialized Palliative

26

52

 Primary

17

34

 Med Surg

13

26

 Other

11

22

Location of work^a

 Community

24

48

 Hospital

18

36

 Homecare

19

38

 Hospice

12

24

 Long-Term Care

10

20

 Other

4

8

Province worked in

 British Columbia

23

46

 Ontario

21

42

 Other

6

12

Sphere of work responsibilities^a

 Urban (>10,000)

41

82

 Rural (<10,000)

28

56

 Remote

8

16

Nurse Designation

 Registered Nurse

30

60

 NP

16

32

 Clinical Nurse Specialist

2

4

 LPN

1

2

 RPN

1

2

 Mean Years in Professional Designation (mean ± SD)

17.9 (± 11.8)

Number of MAIDs Since Legalization

 0-4

8

16

 5-9

7

14

 10-14

6

12

 15-19

7

14

 20-24

4

8

 25 or more

18

36

 Contentious objector to MAID

  Yes

5

10

  No

45

90