title: Patient consent and conscientious objection.
abstract: John Tingle, Reader in Health Law at Nottingham Trent University, discusses an important court case on refusal of consent for a blood transfusion by a Jehovah's Witness and new guidance on caring for patients who refuse blood.
authors.affiliation: Reader in Health Law at Nottingham Trent University.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tingle
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000941:ethics*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D033221:Jehovah's Witnesses; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom