title: The right of a patient to refuse blood transfusions: a dilemma of conscience and law for patient, physician and hospital.
authors.forename: Barry D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Silbermann
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion; D002648:Child; D002835:Christianity; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D033221:Jehovah's Witnesses; D007603:Jurisprudence; D016365:Liability, Legal; D033282:Parental Consent; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D028701:Patient Rights; D010820:Physicians; D012067:Religion; D020458:Third-Party Consent; D016312:Treatment Refusal