Blood transfusion in children: the refusal of Jehovah’s Witness parents’

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• blood transfusion
• information
• children
• jehovah’s witness