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