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Saturday, February 19, 2005

ABC News Online
Court rules doctors can override patient's wish

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) says doctors are obliged to provide the best care possible to seriously ill children, even if it conflicts with their parents' religious beliefs.

The Supreme Court of Western Australia has ruled staff at Princess Margaret Hospital can give a 15-year-old cancer patient blood transfusions, even though he and his parents object to the treatment because they are Jehovah's Witnesses.
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