Overriding the Jehovah's Witness patient's refusal of blood: A reply to Cahana, weibel, and hurst

Pain Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 878-882

  Banja, John D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Ethics; Jehovah's witness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SURVEY; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BELIEF; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DEATH; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 68349152650     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00648.x     Document Type: Article

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