Doctors' willingness to give honest answers about end-of-life practices: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: We aimed to (1) evaluate the extent to which doctors in New Zealand would be willing to answer honestly questions about their care of patients at the end of their lives and (2) identify the assurances that would encourage this. Results were compared with findings from a previous pilot study from the UK.

Design: Survey study involving a mailed questionnaire.