@article{oai:omu.repo.nii.ac.jp:00010886, author = {星, 和美}, journal = {大阪府立看護大学医療技術短期大学部紀要}, month = {Dec}, note = {application/pdf, In recent years, a number of legal cases in which patients have questioned their physicians' advice and decisions on medical treatments have prompted people to reconsider the patient/physician relationship. One such case involved a woman who, arguing for the right to uphold her religious beliefs, insisted that her physician not give her a blood transfusion during her surgery. She later brought her physician to court because the physician had not followed her request; the judge ruled in her physician's favor. After this case and similar cases, people within the medical and legal professions and patient-rights groups began actively debating many issues: if and when the patient has the right to refuse life-saving treatment; who ultimately takes responsibility for the life of the patient; what limitations should be placed on physicians; in which situations the patient's will should be followed or dismissed; and what the legal definition of the constitutionally guaranteed right of self-determination is with regards to the patient/physician relationship. From these debates the concept of "informed consent" has emerged. Perhaps with this concept, the patient/physician relationship will be redefined in order to clearly protect patient rights and to support the decisions made by physicians., 大阪府立看護大学医療技術短期大学部紀要. 1997, 3, p.67-76}, pages = {67--76}, title = {信仰に基づく輸血拒否問題を通して患者の自己決定権を考える(社会科学系)}, volume = {3}, year = {1997} }