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Judge Spotswood W. Robinson, III | Opinion in Canterbury v. Spence
The case of Canterbury v. Spence highlights the necessity of disclosing medical information to the patient prior to a surgical procedure. Judge Robinson argues for disclosure that would not cover every possible treatment, since that would be prohibitive and unreasonable, in favor of adequate disclosure set by law that would focus on risks relevant and material to that patient's decision.
-A legal requirement for medical disclosure, according to Robinson, would expose the risk of any treatment ___________ to a patient's decision.

A) immaterial
B) irrelevant
C) relevant
D) not pertaining