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. 2007 Jun 5;97(1):6–13. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603841

Table 2. Usual approach to decision-making and comfort levels with each approach.

  Usual approach N (%) Not comfortable N (%) Somewhat comfortable N (%) Neutral N (%) Very comfortable N (%) Extremely comfortable N (%)
Paternalistic (example 1) 6 (1.0) 198 (37.1) 144 (27.0) 85 (15.9) 60 (11.3) 46 (8.6)
Information sharing (example 2) 138 (23.2) 39 (7.3) 95 (17.8) 135 (25.3) 154 (28.9) 110 (20.6)
Informed (example 3) 49 (8.2) 73 (13.7) 118 (22.1) 115 (21.5) 145 (27.2) 83 (15.5)
Shared (example 4) 372 (62.4) 11 (2.1) 23 (4.3) 49 (9.1) 133 (24.8) 320 (59.7)
None of these 1 (0.2)          
Other 30 (5.0)