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Table 4 Possible abuse and social criticism (percentage of students)

From: Impact of clerkship in the attitudes toward psychiatry among Portuguese medical students

 

Before (%)

After (%)

Statistics

Question

SA

MA

MD

SD

SA

MA

MD

SD

Z

p

14. Psychiatrists frequently abuse their legal power to hospitalize patients against their will.

5.9

2.6

30.1

61.4

2

0.7

25.5

71.9

2.26

.02

15. On average, psychiatrists make as much money as most other doctors.

19

47

27.5

6.5

19.6

53

24.8

2.6

1.36

.17,ns

  1. SA = Strongly agree; MA = Moderately agree; MD = Moderately disagree; SD = Strongly disagree.