title: The numeric threshold for the disclosure of risk: outdated and inapplicable to surgical consent.
abstract: When describing the risks of surgery to a patient, there is a common and mistaken supposition by surgeons that there exists a numeric threshold of improbability beyond which there is no need to disclose. Where should the line be drawn?
authors.affiliation: Southampton General Hospital, UK. robert.wheeler@suht.swest.nhs.uk
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wheeler
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014852:Wales