"But doctors are trained to evaluate patient presentations and then apply standards of medical treatment established by the medical community." That SHOULD include bloodless alternatives.

"If a doctor were to refuse blood transfusion to restore adequate oxygenation to a child who is dying from lack of tissue oxygenation we would call that homicide." Why would you call this homicide, especially if the parents were asking for alternatives that they know through study are available? I believe the doctors are at fault here, asking the local government to help them force on an family an antiquated treatment strategy that the medical community itself has spoken out against.