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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Oct 14.
Published in final edited form as: Work Older People. 2019 Jun 10;23(2):77–86. doi: 10.1108/WWOP-11-2018-0023

Table 1. A categorisation of the decisions that were discussed during the interviews categorised by who led the decision.

Patient-led Decisions Doctor-led Decisions Shared Decisions
Whether to have major pelvic surgery Deciding to begin anti-coagulant treatment Deciding how to treat leg swelling
Whether to move to a private hospital Deciding to continue on anti-coagulant treatment Deciding to come off a medication
Deciding to have a knee operation Deciding to take antidepressants Whether to have surgery for ovarian cancer
Deciding to be sectioned under the mental health act Deciding to vaccinate children
Deciding whether to have shoulder surgery Deciding to start on steroids
Deciding whether or not to go to hospital after an accident Whether to have cardiac surgery
Deciding whether to have an ear operation Deciding to have medication stopped
Deciding whether to have neurosurgery Deciding to have sterilisation surgery
Deciding which GP surgery to register at Deciding to have colorectal surgery
Deciding to have a prostate check