Kerridge I, Lowe M, Seldon M, Enno A, Deveridge S
Health Law and Ethics Program, University of Newcastle, Australia.
Arch Intern Med. 1997;157(15):1753-7.
We report the first documented case of the use of peripheral blood stem cell autografting in the treatment of a Jehovah's Witness with acute myeloblastic leukemia. This case illustrates the complex ethical and clinical issues that arise in the treatment of such patients.