Fig. 1

Forced-ranking scores of 28 opinion-items related to surrogate medical decision-making. The items are arranged according to the most relevant underlying domain. Data represent mean ranking scores on a scale of 1 (least important) to 9 (most important). Closed blue and open red symbols refer to Middle-Eastern and East-Asian women, respectively. Circles and solid lines indicate norm-perception, squares and interrupted lines indicate patient’s perspective, and diamonds and dotted lines indicate surrogate decision-maker perspective. For full description of the items, see Additional file 1-Q-Set items