Modern medicine thwarts natural selection

Or perhaps another title could be Attempted suicide by physician thwarted by Hippocratic oath.

“But, there is no precedent for finding medical malpractice when a blood transfusion was the proximate cause of saving a life. Here, the plaintiff may be offended or even emotionally distressed that another person's blood was transfused into her body, which is apparently not in keeping with her beliefs as a Jehovah's Witness.”

She received a life-saving blood transfusion when complications arose after she gave birth to a healthy boy.

Even so, Nancy DiGeronimo, a Jehovah's Witness, sued her doctor and Staten Island University Hospital for medical malpractice alleging the transfusions of another person's blood conflicted with her religious beliefs.

The Court's opinion may be found HERE.

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