title: The right to refuse treatment and blood transfusion.
abstract: A Hungarian bioethicist looks at the Hungarian law on the refusal of treatment, and of blood transfusion by Jehovah's Witnesses.
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis Medical University of Budapest, Hungary. e-mail: csaptam@net.sote.hu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Csapody
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion; D016638:Critical Illness; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D033221:Jehovah's Witnesses; D016743:Mental Competency; D010820:Physicians; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*