Table 7
Unit policy about parents’ participation in ethical decision making for their babies
| Parental options | France % (CI) | Germany (ex-BRD) % (CI) | Germany (ex-DDR) % (CI) | Great Britain % (CI) |
Italy % (CI) |
Luxembourg % (CI) | Netherlands % (CI) | Spain % (CI) |
Sweden % (CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| They may choose the course of action for their baby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 (2–47) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| They may take part in the decision | 0 | 54 (30–76) | 40 (15–73) | 78 (44–94) | 19 (8–39) | 0 | 50 (50–50) | 35 (20–55) | 26 (18–35) |
| Their wishes are indirectly sounded out and taken into account | 100 | 44 (23–68) | 60 (27–85) | 11 (2–47) | 48 (31–66) | 100 | 50 (50–50) | 47 (29–66) | 68 (59–76) |
| They do not take part in the decision but are informed about it | 0 | 2 (0.5–9) | 0 | 0 | 22 (10–42) | 0 | 0 | 12 (4–30) | 6 (6–6) |
| There is no policy about this issue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 (3–29) | 0 | 0 | 6 (1–24) | 0 |
