Table 3.

Patient Quotations on a Paternalistic Approach

Quotation	Patient (Most Recent Treatment)
A.
“I mean I didn’t know enough about [treatments for DRF] and I just felt like I was really in good hands and I wasn’t going to second guess the specialist.”	67-y.o. female (VLPS)
“I was told that it had to be I had to have surgery… [My husband and I] just followed what we thought had to be done. It was great.”	77-y.o. female (VLPS)
B.
“You know I didn’t feel I needed to be part of anything. This was pretty straight, you know, it’s a broken bone you need somebody to fix your broken bone. And I didn’t feel I needed to, it’s different than the cancer.”	67-y.o. female (VLPS)
“I like to be very well informed. And if it’s not a hugely drastic decision I will accept it, like I wouldn’t say to a doctor, ‘Well I don’t think I’ll have a stent put in my artery’, but I do like being told what the options are.”	66-y.o. female (VLPS)

DRF, distal radius fracture; VLPS, volar locking plating system; y.o., year old