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MERCY HOSP., INC. v. JACKSON

No. 447, September Term, 1984.

62 Md. App. 409 (1985)

489 A.2d 1130

MERCY HOSPITAL, INC. v. ERNESTINE JACKSON.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

April 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Travieso and Christopher J. Fritz, Baltimore (Gallagher, Evelius & Jones, Baltimore, on the brief), for appellant.

Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., Eleanor M. Carey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Diana G. Motz, and Peter E. Keith, Asst. Attys. Gen., Baltimore, for amicus curiae, of the State of Md.

Barbara Mello, Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before GILBERT, C.J., and ADKINS and ROSALYN B. BELL, JJ.

GILBERT, Chief Judge.

In this appeal we are asked to determine whether a competent, conscious, rational adult may be required, in spite of religious beliefs, to submit to a blood transfusion.

Ernestine Jackson was admitted to Mercy Hospital on an emergency basis on February 26, 1984. Mrs. Jackson was 25 or 26 weeks into her pregnancy and was undergoing premature labor. The examination of Mrs. Jackson by Mercy's medical staff revealed that a routine vaginal...

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