demographic and practice factors showing significant bivariate
associations with quality of care were entered into the model along
with the ethics preparedness, ethics confidence, patient care demand,
practice autonomy and physician collegiality. The model (Table 3)
was highly significant (p b 0.001) with the independent variables
accounting for 44% of the variance in the view of quality care. The five
primary independent variables remain significant after simultaneously
controlling for the other demographic and practice factors. Beta values