Table 4 Physicians’ feelings after the most recent case in which they granted an EAS request and support sought to deal with this

 Satisfactory

145 (60.4%)

 Relief

33 (13.8%)

 Total

160 (66.7%)

 Burdensome

119 (49.6%)

 Heavy responsibility

110 (45.8%)

 Emotional

106 (44.2%)

 Total

192 (80.0%)

 Unnatural

23 (9.6%)

 No

150 (62.2%)

 Yes, from

91 (37.8%)

  colleagues/team

… 77 (31.4%)

  from relatives (privekring)

… 60 (24.5%)

  intervision

… 11 (4.5%)

  professional support

… 1 (0.4%)

  other

… 5 (2.0%)