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Sidaway v Board of Governors of the Bethlem Royal Hospital

[1985] AC 871
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year1985
Statusunclear

Key Principle

Doctor's duty to disclose risks; Bolam test applied to disclosure; doctor may exercise therapeutic privilege; largely superseded by Montgomery

Area of Law

tort

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