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Montgomery v. Lanarkshire (2015)

UK Supreme Court case replacing the Bolam test on risk disclosure with a patient-centred test: a doctor must take reasonable care to ensure the patient is aware of any material risk and of reasonable alternatives. A risk is material if a reasonable person in the patient's position would attach significance to it.

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