%0 Journal Article
%T Re
%A George G Buttigieg
%J Medico
%@ 2042-1834
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0025817217727218
%X This article considers the potentially untapped significance of the Bolitho test, while the Bolam test looks to be facing a challenging twilight. It re-examines the landmark House of Lords case of Nadyne Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board, having regard for Bolam as modified by Bolitho. Although further jurisprudential Bolam challenge is likely in the wake of the Montgomery ruling, there are grounds for re-examining Bolitho, on its own merits
%K Bolam test
%K Bolitho logic
%K Bolam test under attack
%K Bolitho challenge to Bolam
%K logical sense and obstetric standards
%K disclosure of information
%K future rulings
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0025817217727218