I think your reply is generally misguided and straw man-like fallacious. I never advocated against having patients involved and making decisions (which I pointe

I think your reply is generally misguided and straw man-like fallacious. I never advocated against having patients involved and making decisions (which I pointed explicitly above), nor said anything which justified you prompting me with something like "Patient choice is (in the UK) written into law" (where have I questioned that?). It seems you're replying to someone else, probably a straw man. > This assumes that doctors are not subject to the same cognitive biases that patients are. I really can't tell how could you reach such conclusion. I just said that the doctors are the ones which hold and present the knowledge, as well as supervise your decision. No mentions. at all, to "patients are biased; doctors are 100% objective". Again, what I was discussing was the knee-jerk reaction to the "thinking for yourself is untenable" argument.