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This contrasts with standard practice of routinely informing patients of the risk of death and stroke. However, there were pronounced individual patient preferences. Three groups of patients emerged: those requiring little or no risk information, those requiring information about major risks, and those requiring full risk disclosure. Patients were not generally concerned about the specific probabilities of any risk.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n Clinicians counselling patients before operation should routinely discuss patient preferences before risk disclosure, distinguishing among a preference for \u201cno risk information\u201d, \u201call potentially relevant risks\u201d, and \u201cthose risks considered significant or likely to occur\u201d. The fact of individual patient preferences may undermine the concept of the \u201creasonable patient\u201d in determination of the legal requirements for risk disclosure. 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