Ok this is awesome... I thought about scanning the whole page but then decided it wasn't really necessary.
(This is eithics section by the way)
Ok so "Joey" comes into the hospital he's 7 years old he's suffering from an acute sickle cell crisis that requires a transfusion. The parents are distressed but they can't allow the child to have a transfusion because;
"Consequences of parents giving consent for a blood transfusion require the family to leave the church, family, friends, and the Jehovah's' witness community. Refusal of blood transfusion and blood products is a basic component of the jehovah's witness faith and if this covenant is broken the individual loses eternal salvation. Families are often shunned by their church community, and the child is perceived as an outcast because his future beyond death is affected by the ingestion of the blood. Regardless of the eventual outcome of the child's health status..."
Ok so what does the ETHICS book recommend?
"Initiate action! For the parents sake it is better to obtain a court order for life saving transfusion than to ask for their permission. This removes the decision from the parents and prevents the parents and child from being ostracized because the mater was removed from their control..."
I friggin LOVE it! Right from the get go they say take it our of their hands. This is hilarious!