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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: dybdahl who wrote (19284)	9/11/2010 4:20:34 PM
From: skinowski	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

it has been a huge debate, whether to respect the anti-blood transfusion wish of Jehova's witnesses or not You see - in the US such a debate would never happen. To my knowledge, in every state of the Union the patient has the right to refuse treatment. A couple of years ago I was taking care of a woman who was near death, with a Hemoglobin of 4 - and she refused transfusion, while she continued to bleed. Fortunately, she survived - BUT there was never any doubt that her will would be respected.