In Great Britain, two recent Court of Appeal decisions have clarified further the extent of the doctor's duty to inform a patient of the risks of a proposed medical or surgical procedure.

An issue of concern to Britain's mental health community is the problem of a discharged psychiatric patient who suffers a relapse and requires treatment, but who may not be ill enough to justify recommitment. Under ...

Dyer predicts that a decision by the House of Lords authorizing the contraceptive sterilization of a severely retarded 17-year-old girl called Jeannette may bring to court many similar cases that previously would have been ...