Bioethics and Law
Respect for Autonomy and Informed Consent (Informed Choice)
Takeda v. State, Case No. 1998 Nos. 1081, 1082, § 2. (opens new window)
Source: Supreme Court of Japan, 29 February 2000.
http://www.courts.go.jp/app/hanrei_en/detail?id=478 (opens new window)
Jehovah's Witnesses of Moscow and Others v. Russia. (opens new window)
Source: no. 302/02. §§ 132, 135, 136, ECHR 10 June 2010 (European Court of Human Rights).
https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-99221 (opens new window)
A.N.J.W. (opens new window)
Source: Case No. A. 523. XLVIII. §§ 14, 16, 1 June 2012 Supreme Court of Argentina.
In re T. (Adult: Refusal of Treatment) [1992] (opens new window)
Source: 4 ALL ER 649; [1992] 3 WLR 782 (Court of Appeal, United Kingdom).
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/1992/18.html (opens new window)
Harvey v. Strickland. (opens new window)
Source: 350 S.C. 303, 309-10, 566 S.E. 2d 529, 533 (2002), Supreme Court of South Carolina (USA).
https://www.leagle.com/decision/2002653350SC303_1592/harvey%20v.%20strickland (opens new window)
Carter v. Canada (Attorney General). (opens new window)
Source: 2015 SCC 5, §6 Supreme Court of Canada.
https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14637/index.do (opens new window)
Castell v De Greef. (opens new window)
Source: 1994 (4) SA 408 (C) Full Bench of the Cape Provision Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa.
Refusal of blood by Jehovah's Witnesses and the patient's right to self-determination. (opens new window)
Source: Leg Med (Tokyo) 2009;11 Suppl 1:S138-40.
Indexed: PubMed 19272827
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.02.005
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19272827 (opens new window)
Autonomia do paciente e direito de escolha de tratamento médico sem transfusão de sangue mediante os atuais preceitos civis e constitucionais Brasileiros. [Patient autonomy and right to choose medical treatment without blood transfusion given current Brazilian civil and constitutional precepts.] [Portuguese] (opens new window)
Source: Boletim Conteúdo Jurídico
Indexed: ISSN 1984-0454
Direito de recusa de pacientes, de seus familiares ou dependentes, às transfusões de sangue, por razões científicas e convicções religiosas. [The right of patients undergoing medical treatment to refuse blood transfusions, for scientific reasons and religious beliefs.] [Portuguese] (opens new window)
Source: Igualdade
http://www.crianca.mppr.mp.br/pagina-634.html (opens new window)
Physician autonomy and patient rights: lessons from an enforced blood transfusion and the role of patient blood management. (opens new window)
Source: Vox Sang 2021. [Online ahead of print]
Indexed: PubMed 33826768
DOI: 10.1111/vox.13106
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33826768 (opens new window)
Ethical Issues and the Religious and Historical Basis for the Objection of Jehovah's Witnesses to Blood Transfusion Therapy. (opens new window)
Source: Lewiston, NY, USA: Edwin Mellen Press; 2003.
Indexed: ISBN 978-0-773-46542-8
Hémorragie et transfusion : le cas des Témoins de Jéhovah. [Hemorrhage and transfusion: the case of Jehovah's Witnesses.] [French] (opens new window)
Source: Rev Med Suisse 2006;2(88):2674-6, 2678-9.
Indexed: PubMed 17265806
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17265806 (opens new window)
Legal and ethical issues in blood transfusion. (opens new window)
Source: Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 2013;74(1):C2-4.
Indexed: PubMed 23593671
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23593671 (opens new window)
Pindo Mulla v. Spain (opens new window)
Source: no. 15541/20, §§ 125, 140, 149, 151, ECHR Grand Chamber 17 September, 2024 (European Court of Human Rights)
https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre?i=001-236065 (opens new window)
Questões constitucionais e legais referentes a tratamento médico sem transfusão de sangue. [Constitutional and legal issues concerning medical treatment without blood transfusion.] [Portuguese] (opens new window)
Source: Boletim Conteúdo Jurídico
Indexed: ISSN 1984-0454
Transfusion Alternative Health Care—Meeting Patient Needs and Rights. (opens new window)
Source: Brooklyn, NY (USA); Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania: 2002.
Relational autonomy or undue pressure? Family's role in medical decision-making. (opens new window)
Source: Scand J Caring Sci 2008;22(1):128-35.
Indexed: PubMed 18269432
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00561.x
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18269432 (opens new window)
Patients' choice, consent, and ethics in Patient Blood Management. (opens new window)
Source: Anesth Analg 2022;135(3):489-500.
Indexed: PubMed 35977359
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006105
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35977359 (opens new window)
Why "bloodless medicine" and how should we do it? (opens new window)
Source: Transfusion 2003;43(5):550-1.
Indexed: PubMed 12702172
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12702172 (opens new window)
Association of Anaesthetists: anaesthesia and peri-operative care for Jehovah's Witnesses and patients who refuse blood. (opens new window)
Source: Anaesthesia 2019;74(1):74-82.
Indexed: PubMed 30270470
DOI: 10.1111/anae.14441
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30270470 (opens new window)
Transfusion-free treatment of Jehovah's Witnesses: respecting the autonomous patient's rights. (opens new window)
Source: J Med Ethics 1998;24(5):302-7.
Indexed: PubMed 9800584
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9800584 (opens new window)
Escolha esclarecida de tratamento médico por pacientes Testemunhas de Jeová como exercício harmônico de direitos fundamentais. [Jehovah's Witnesses’ informed consent to medical treatment as an exercise of their fundamental rights.] [Portuguese] (opens new window)
Source: Boletim Conteúdo Jurídico
Indexed: ISSN 1984-0454
Informed consent, informed refusal, informed choice--what is it that makes a patient's medical treatment decisions informed? (opens new window)
Source: Med Law 2001;20(2):205-14.
Indexed: PubMed 11495204
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11495204 (opens new window)
The ethics of blood management. (opens new window)
Source: Vox Sang 2007;92(2):95-102.
Indexed: PubMed 17298570
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2006.00867.x
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17298570 (opens new window)
Law, ethics, religion, and blood management. (opens new window)
Source: In: Basics of Blood Management, Second Edition. Chichester, West Sussex (UK); Wiley-Blackwell; 2013. p. 285-96.
Indexed: ISBN 978-0-470-67070-5
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118338070.ch20/summary (opens new window)
Caring for Patients Who Refuse Blood—A Guide to Good Practice for the Surgical Management of Jehovah's Witnesses and Other Patients Who Decline Transfusion. (opens new window)
Source: London, UK; The Royal College of Surgeons of England; 2016.
Jehovah's Witnesses and the transfusion debate: "We are not asking for the right to die." (opens new window)
Source: CMAJ 1991;144(6):770-6.
Indexed: PubMed 1998938
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1998938 (opens new window)
Management of Anaesthesia For Jehovah's Witnesses. Second Edition. (opens new window)
Source: London, UK: The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland; 2005.