Bioethics of the refusal of blood by Jehovah's Witnesses: Part 2. A novel approach based on rational non-interventional paternalism

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 295-301

  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

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONFIDENTIALITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RELIGION;

EID: 0346312930     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.24.5.295     Document Type: Article

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