Does "no" mean "yes"? The continuing problem of Jehovah's Witnesses and refusal of blood products.
The law maintains that the choice of competent adult Witnesses not to receive blood products must be respected. Yet many care providers believe that Witnesses, when actually faced with a life-threatening emergency, want their stated choice to be overriden--which permits them to evade the spiritual consequences of their unstated preference.
Davis
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Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, OH.
D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D002835:Christianity; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States