Question.1215 - Read this NY Times summary of the legal case of Mrs. Vega. http://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/09/nyregion/patient-wins-a-court-ruling-barring-forced-transfusions.html(Note: this case is also mentioned in the textbook).Then discuss these questions:1. Do you agree with the decision of the New York Supreme Court that the hospital did not have the right to render life-saving aid in the form of a blood transfusion in this case?2. Should hospitals be allowed to overrule a patient's decisions when those decisions put the patient's life at risk of immediate harm? Why or why not?
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