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Relationship between preferred and perceived style of decision-making for physicians
| Preferred style of decision-making | N | Perceived style of decision-making | ||
| Paternalism N (%) | Shared decision-making N (%) | Consumerism N (%) | ||
| Paternalism | 142 | 108 (76) | 30 (21) | 4 (3) |
| Shared decision-making | 780 | 39 (5) | 710 (91) | 31 (4) |
| Informed Consumer | 118 | 7 (6) | 25 (21) | 86 (73) |
Overall, 87% of physicians perceived themselves as practicing their preferred style of decision-making.
