Transfusão de sangue: dignidade e autonomia dos religiosos Testemunhas de Jeová

Abstract

This study examines whether the dignity and freedom of religion, known a Jehovah’s Witnesses, have overlapping with the same autonomy as to the choice of medical treatment. Thus, the aim is to report the formal concept of fundamental rights, as well as define their essential characteristics. Moreover, objective of this research is to understand the refusal of blood transfusions for religious mentioned, from the perspective of members of the highest judgments of reasonableness, consistent in judgments of appropriateness, necessity and reasonableness in the strict sense. The methodology consists of theoretical research and literature, which is supported through the literature review done to obtain objective parameters of reasonable interpretation. Thus, we used the deductive method due to be considered universal premises (there is no human being with less dignity and freedom than others) with the aim of achieving assertive individuals (the Jehovah’s Witness religion has the same proportion of dignitas others of law). For the last, we conclude the existence of a right of autonomy of blood transfusion, provided they comply with jus-philosophical criteria of equality, democracy, peace and weakness.