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Article: 'No more mothers should be allowed to die like this' Law reform on blood transfusions urged.(News)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- November 6, 2007
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Byline: BY EMMA ROWLEY Daily Post Correspondent
A FORMER Jehovah's Witness who refused a blood transfusion when she gave birth to twins called for radical reform yesterday after a woman died in similar circumstances.
The General Medical Council is drawing up new guidelines for doctors on when they can give medical treatment against a patient's wishes.
They are expected to give doctors a greater say in cases when a patient is deemed unfit to make decisions about their treatment.
But former Jehovah's Witness Rachel Underhill, who refused a blood transfusion on religious grounds when her twins were born eight years ago, wants doctors to ...