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Ethics and Legal - Davis v. United States




Fed Suppl. 1986 Feb 25;629:1-8.


Davis v. United States.

U.S. District Court, E.D. Arkansas, N.D.

KIE: A Jehovah's Witness brought action in U.S. District Court, claiming that doctors at a Veterans Administration hospital failed to respond appropriately to his warning that he would not accept blood transfusions to treat his bleeding ulcer. The plaintiff argued that the doctors had a duty to refer him to a physician who would perform surgery without transfusions. Delay in his treatment, he contended, caused him serious and long-lasting health problems. The Court rejected the plaintiff's claim on the grounds that the defendants had handled the case according to accepted medical standards, that they had discharged their duty to disclose the alternatives available at the V.A. hospital, that the plaintiff was better informed of alternatives acceptable to Jehovah's Witnesses than the doctors were, and that there was insufficient evidence linking the patient's injuries to the delay.

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