Refusal Of Medical Treatment On Religious Grounds

Conscience and Religious Nondiscrimination | HHS.gov

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Conscience protections apply to health care providers who refuse on religious or moral grounds to perform or assist in the performance of certain health care services. Federal statutes protect health care provider conscience rights and prohibit …

What the new religious exemptions law means for your health care

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How religion can interfere with medical treatment | CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/07/health/religion-medical-treatment/index.html

Vaishnavism, the major branch of the Hindu faith, considers the killing of animals, especially cows, to be sinful. Therefore, the religion does not condone the use …

Refusal of Medical Treatment on Religious Grounds

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There is no specific state statute addressing the refusal on religious grounds, by a parent or guardian, to allow a blood transfusion for a minor. There …

Addressing a Patient's Refusal of Care Based on …

https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2007/1101/p1393.html

There are well-publicized and long-standing laws protecting a competent patient's right to refuse any recommended treatment or physical examination. However, …

A Patient’s Right to Refuse Medical Treatment

https://www.apsf.org/article/a-patients-right-to-refuse-medical-treatment/

The right to refuse medical treatment is generally based on the common law right of self-determination of one’s body, the ethical principle of respect for autonomy, 1 and the …

Parents' refusal of medical treatment based on religious …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15614259/

When parents apply religious or cultural beliefs concerning spiritual healing, faith healing, or preference for prayer over traditional health care for children, concerns develop. Medical …

Most states' child abuse and neglect laws …

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/08/12/most-states-allow-religious-exemptions-from-child-abuse-and-neglect-laws/

But in 34 states (as well as the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico), there are exemptions in the civil child abuse statutes when medical treatment for a child conflicts with the …

Blood Transfusions and Medical Care against Religious …

https://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/908/blood-transfusions-and-medical-care-against-religious-beliefs

In 1962 a New York state judge ruled that 69-year-old Jacob Dilgard could refuse a blood transfusion on religious grounds. Dilgard died. One year later, Jesse E. Jones, a 25 year …

Refusal of medical treatment on religious grounds: Re T …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11652735/

Refusal of medical treatment on religious grounds: Re T (1992) 142 NLJ 1125 (CA) considered N Z Law J. 1992 Oct;341-4. Author Caroline Bridge PMID: 11652735 MeSH …