Jehovah's Witnesses Patients’s Human Rights and Mandatory Blood Transfusion in Judicial Decisions in Brazil

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https://doi.org/10.29327/2193997.1.1-6

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Human Rights of Patients, European Court of Human Rights, Brazilian Judicial Court, Jehovah's Witness patient, blood transfusion

Abstract

The aim of this article is, based on the Human Rights of Patients reference and the position of the European Court of Human Rights, to problematize the use of the rights to life and privacy in blood transfusion of Jehovah's Witnesses patients, through the analysis of decisions handed down by Brazilian Judicial Courts. Methodologically, it was carried out a study of the literature on HRP, the analysis of decisions made by the European Court and the Brazilian jurisprudence on the subject. It has been concluded that HRP are adequate to support court decisions in cases involving Jehovah's Witness patients and the request for a forced blood transfusion.

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Denise Gonçalves de Araújo Mello Paranhos, Federal Justice - GO

Doutora em Bioética pela Universidade de Brasília – Cátedra Unesco. Especialista em Direito Tributário pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás. Bacharel em Direito pela Universidade Federal de Goiás. Analista Judiciário da Justiça Federal - Seção Judiciária de Goiás. Goiânia/GO, Brasil. E-mail: paranhos.denise@uol.com.br

Aline Albuquerque Sant'anna de Oliveira, Advocacia Geral da União

Pesquisadora Visitante do Instituto Bonavero de Direitos Humanos da Universidade de Oxford. Pós-Doutorado em Direitos Humanos e Pesquisadora Visitante do Centro de Direitos Humanos da Universidade de Essex, Inglaterra. Pós-Doutorado em Direito Humano à Saúde e Pesquisadora Visitante no Instituto de Direitos Humanos da Universidade de Emory, Estados Unidos. Professora Credenciada da Pós-Graduação em Bioética da Universidade de Brasília e do Curso de Especialização em Bioética da Cátedra UNESCO de Bioética. Professora de Direitos Humanos do UniCEUB. Professora do Curso de Especialização em Direito Médico da UERJ, do Curso de Especialização em Direito Sanitário da FIOCRUZ. Professora de Direitos Humanos da Pós-Graduação do UniCEUB. Pesquisadora Associada do Núcleo de Diplomacia e Saúde da FIOCRUZ. Advogada da União.

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2019-05-22

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Paranhos, D. G. de A. M., & Oliveira, A. A. S. de. (2019). Jehovah’s Witnesses Patients’s Human Rights and Mandatory Blood Transfusion in Judicial Decisions in Brazil. Journal of Brazilian Federal District Public Defensorship, 1(1), 85–94. https://doi.org/10.29327/2193997.1.1-6

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2019): Justice system and the vulnerable groups action

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