Jehovah's Witnesses in the emergency department: what are their rights?

Woolley, Sarah

doi:10.1136/emj.2004.023382

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“…Even if these patients present with a life-threatening emergency (a ruptured AAA, or a life-threatening hemorrhage), they have expressed enduring wishes that they want followed in these very circumstances, and so these should generally be respected. 13 A decision to proceed with resuscitation should not be based solely on the urgency of the medical condition; it must also consider whether an AD is present, and, if so, is it a valid AD that represents an enduring wish?…”

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Advance directives and suicide attempts—ethical considerations in light of Carter v. Canada, SCC 5

Pauls

Larkin

Schears

2015

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2015

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“…In England, the patient's autonomy tends to be respected integrally: "Patients have the right to refuse medical treatment due to reasons that are either rational or irrational or even without reason" 3 .…”

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Grinberg

Cshehaibar

2010

Arq. Bras. Cardiol.

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“…The refusal of blood transfusion and blood products is becoming more common [1]. Do an individual's rights outweigh society's rights [2]? The aim of this article is to analyse the conflict of legal rights and confront the rights and obligations of each participant of the healthcare process.…”

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Surgeon’s dilemma: should I save patient’s life at any cost?

Kocańda¹,

Głuszek²

2017

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Every doctor practicing treatment in the field of medicine may be confronted with a serious question: should I save my patient's life at any cost? If a doctor resigns from emergency procedures, he/she will risk the patient's death. However, if he/ she decides to proceed regardless of a Jehovah's Witness patient's statement of will, in which he or she refuses transfusion, he/she takes a risk of illegal medical intervention. There is neither an easy answer, nor a serious solution, thus the only way is to choose the lesser of two evils. Notwithstanding legal issues, there are still ethical problems, which result in an internal dilemma for a doctor. StreszczenieKażdy lekarz może stanąć w obliczu dylematu: czy powinienem próbować ratować pacjenta za wszelką cenę? Jeśli lekarz zrezygnuje z procedur medycznych wykonywanych w stanach nagłych z uwagi na przekonania religijne pacjenta, może ryzykować jego śmiercią i tym samym naraża swoje zobowiązania etyczne. Jeżeli jednak zdecyduje się kontynuować proces leczniczy obejmujący transfuzję krwi, niezależnie od tego, czy pacjent jest świadkiem Jehowy, który odmawia transfuzji, podejmuje ryzyko nielegalnej interwencji medycznej. W tego rodzaju przypadkach nie ma ani łatwej odpowiedzi, ani prostego rozwiązania, natomiast jedynym rozwiązaniem wydaje się wybór mniejszego zła. Niezależnie od aspektów prawnych, aktualne i istotne pozostają problemy etyczne, które wywołują u lekarza wewnętrzny konflikt.

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Jehovah's Witnesses in the emergency department: what are their rights?

Cited by 50 publications

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Advance directives and suicide attempts—ethical considerations in light of Carter v. Canada, SCC 5

Advance directives and suicide attempts—ethical considerations in light of Carter v. Canada, SCC 5

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Surgeon’s dilemma: should I save patient’s life at any cost?

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