Table 4.

Patient Quotations on a Patient Directed Approach

Quotation	Patient (Most Recent Treatment)
A.
“They just told me all about it and let me make up my own mind… I would not have preferred that [the surgeon] had given me a recommendation because I wouldn’t listen.”	85-y.o. female (VLPS)
“[The hand surgeon] said I would have [surgery] and it wouldn’t be on quite straight, but they could fix it with plates and screws. And I said ‘Forget the plates and screws I’ll go with a crooked hand’…. usually I take [the surgeon’s] recommendations because I figure they’re smarter than I am. But sometimes I don’t agree and then I voice my opinion. ”	88-y.o. female (Casting)
B.
“Yeah, I was just like, I’m just like babbling, and crying, and just like not articulating very well at all. And being asked to make a decision as to what kind of treatment, you know, I had trouble with that… [The surgeons] weren’t going to help me.	65-y.o. female (VLPS)

VLPS, volar locking plating system; y.o., year old