医療における自己決定権の民法的考察 : 「エホバの証人」信者の輸血拒否を中心として

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Recently, the importance of the concept on informed consent is being recognized in the field of medicine, many patients have become conscious of the fact that patients can determine whether he consents to medical treatment of not. However, coping with the situation, cases brought on against a doctor for his failure is increasing, stil more, there are patients seeking medical treatment which are unreasonable. The base on the patient's demand is the right of self-determination, and the scope of this right concern with medicine and extends to euthanasia, the self-destruction, and the fefusal of the blood transfusion. So, in this article, the problem of refusal of the blood transfusion is argued from the civil law point of view, concretely, forcing the blood transfussion by the trial proceeding and reparation for damages on blood transfusion contraty to patients will is investigated. Finally, this article concludes, assuming that the patient's ability to decide is normal, refusing the blood trasfusion in order to refuse an operation is not illegal, on the contrary, refusing the blood transfusion in order to have an operation is illegal.