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Bioethics and Law

Respect for Autonomy and Informed Consent (Informed Choice)

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)

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)

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)

Refusal of blood by Jehovah's Witnesses and the patient's right to self-determination. (opens new window)

Ariga T.

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)

Physician autonomy and patient rights: lessons from an enforced blood transfusion and the role of patient blood management. (opens new window)

Bolcato M, Shander A, Isbister JP, Trentino KM, Russo M, Rodriguez D, Aprile A

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)

Legal and ethical issues in blood transfusion. (opens new window)

Desborough MJ, Murphy MF.

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)

Transfusion Alternative Health Care—Meeting Patient Needs and Rights. (opens new window)

Guillod O, Harding TW, Keyserlingk EW, McLean SAM, Weissauer W, et al.

Source‎: Brooklyn, NY (USA); Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania: 2002.

https://www.isa4310.com/en/medical-library/videos/blood-transfusion-patient-needs-rights/ (opens new window)

Relational autonomy or undue pressure? Family's role in medical decision-making. (opens new window)

Ho A.

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)

Isbister JP, Pearse BL, Delaforce AS, Farmer SL.

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)

Association of Anaesthetists: anaesthesia and peri-operative care for Jehovah's Witnesses and patients who refuse blood. (opens new window)

Klein AA, Bailey CR, Charlton A, Lawson C, Nimmo AF, Payne S; Ruck Keene A, Shortland R, Smith J, Torella F, Wade P.

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)

The ethics of blood management. (opens new window)

Sazama K.

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)

Seeber P, Shander A.

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)