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Most countries that put a value on individual liberty
allow competent adults to refuse any medical
treatment even if it is life-saving. A patient, for
example, may refuse an essential blood transfusion,
although it is vital. ---- In legal terms, this would
amount to committing a crime.
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If doctors were to impose treatment against the will of the patient, they then would be violating the bodily integrity of the person without consent. |
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Now that the patient thinks his health will affect his ability to make decisions in the future, he can make an advance decision to refuse medical treatment. |
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Unless the patient is 18 or over, his decision to refuse medical treatment will not be valid and accepted by health care professionals. |
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Moreover, by law, a valid advance decision refusing life-saving treatment means that the patient cannot be treated. |
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Even if the patient does not want treatment that is available, he could allow a new one. |