IN RE DUBREUIL

No. 90-1295.

603 So.2d 538 (1992)

In re Matter of Patricia DUBREUIL.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 8, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lonworth Butler, Jr., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant-Patricia Dubreuil.

Clarke Walden, Hollywood, for appellee-South Broward Hospital District.


STONE, Judge.

We affirm a trial court order authorizing a hospital and attending physicians to perform blood transfusions on the appellant, Patricia Dubreuil, notwithstanding that appellant, a Jehovah's Witness, refused such transfusions. It is undisputed that the transfusions were required in order to save her life. The appellant claims that the order violates her rights of privacy and religious freedom.

The appellant was admitted to Memorial Hospital late...

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