Bioethics of the refusal of blood by Jehovah's Witnesses: Part 1. Should bioethical deliberation consider dissidents' views?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 223-230

  Muramoto, Osamu ^a,b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b Kaiser E Interstate Medical Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Informed consent; Jehovah's Witnesses; Medical ethics; Physician patient relations; Religion

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS GROUP; REVIEW;

EID: 0031678691     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.24.4.223     Document Type: Review

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