Despite the increase in treatment options and the rise of patient empowerment, cancer can still make people vulnerable and insecure. In such cases, an appeal on autonomy can be a burden. We argue that the main goal of shared decision-making is, however, not to have patients make autonomous choices, but to be able to provide high quality patient-centred care.

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