blood transfusion refusal
Declining received plasma
The refusal of a blood transfusion is the decision to decline receiving donated blood, whether for oneself or a dependent.
Most commonly associated with Jehovah's Witnesses, whose religious beliefs prohibit accepting blood products.
The refusal raises ethical and legal tensions when patients face life-threatening conditions or when parents refuse transfusions for children: The hospital sought a court order to override the parents' blood transfusion refusal.
Medical and legal systems generally respect adult patients' right to refuse treatment while intervening more readily for minors.
- Jehovah's WitnessChristian denomination rejecting holidays
- religious exemptionBelief excuses compliance
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- bodily autonomyControl over one's physique
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