Blood transfusion in children: the refusal of Jehovah’s Witness parents’
Conti Adelaide,
Capasso Emanuele,
Casella Claudia,
Fedeli Piergiorgio,
Salzano Francesco Antonio,
Policino Fabio,
Terracciano Lucia,
Delbon Paola
Affiliations
Conti Adelaide
Department of Surgery, Radiology and Public Health, Public Health and Humanities Section, University of Brescia – Centre of Bioethics Research (with the contribution of IRCCS “S. Giovanni di Dio - Fatebenefratelli”), Italy. P.le Spedali Civili, 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy
Capasso Emanuele
Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Naples, Italy
Casella Claudia
Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Naples, Italy
Fedeli Piergiorgio
Jurisprudence School, University of Camerino, Via A. D’Accorso 16, 62032Camerino (MC), Italy
Salzano Francesco Antonio
Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry “Salernitan Medical School”, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
Policino Fabio
Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Naples, Italy
Terracciano Lucia
Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples, Section of Legal Medicine, Via Sergio Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
Delbon Paola
Department of Surgery, Radiology and Public Health, Public Health and Humanities Section, University of Brescia – Centre of Bioethics Research (with the contribution of IRCCS “S. Giovanni di Dio - Fatebenefratelli”), Italy. P.le Spedali Civili, 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy
In Italy, both parents have parental responsibility; as a general principle they have the power to give or withhold consent to medical procedures on their children, including consent for blood transfusion; however these rights are not absolute and exist only to promote the welfare of children.
