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종교상의 이유로 수혈을 거부하여 사망한 메틸 말로닌산 혈증 환아 2례
장하원,이용욱,장미영,길홍량,김숙자,Jang, Ha Won,Lee, Yong Wook,Chang, Meayoung,Kil, Hong Ryang,Kim, Sook Za 대한유전성대사질환학회 2018 대한유전성대사질환학회지 Vol.18 No.2
Jehovah's Witnesses do not accept blood transfusions, because of their particular interpretation of the Old and New Testaments. When people with such religious convictions are in need of medical care, their faith and belief may become an obstacle for proper treatment, and pose legal, ethical, and medical challenges for the health care providers. We report two inherited metabolic disorder cases in South Korea where the infants died whilst under medical care because of parental refusal of blood transfusions for religious reasons. Case 1 had methylmalonic acidemia, Down syndrome and associated congenital cardiac anomalies requiring surgery. Case 2 had anemia and methylmalonic acidemia requiring dialysis to treat hyperammonemia and metabolic acidosis. For effective medical management, they needed life-saving blood transfusions. As a part of alternative treatment, Erythropoietin was administered in both cases. As a result, two babies died from their extremely low hemoglobin and hematocrit. The hemoglobin concentrations below 2.7 g/dL without cardiac problem and 5.4 g/dL with cardiac anomaly complicated by pulmonary hypertension are considered life-threatening hemoglobin threshold. The medical professional must respect and accommodate religious beliefs of the patients who can make informed decisions. However, when parents or legal guardians oppose medical treatment of their babies and incompetent care receivers on cultural and religious grounds, the duty to assist and save persons exposed to serious danger, particularly life-threatening events must come first.
박은정 ( Un Jong Pak ),장하원 ( Ha Won Chang ) 법과사회이론학회 2011 법과 사회 Vol.0 No.41
Recently, enormous progress in neuroscience has been made to enhance our understanding of the human brain and its functions, but this progress also provokes various controversies and debates concerning the implications of neuroscience on legal and ethical issues. Scholars with different disciplinary backgrounds such as neuroscience, neuroethics, philosophy, and law have participated in such controversies and debates. In order for legal scholars to find legal implications from them, it is necessary not only to embrace novel neuroscientific information but to understand various points in such disputes more analytically. For this purpose, this paper classifies complex issues emerging from the interactions between neuroscience and law into three topics: 1) the problematization of the concept of free will as a prerequisite for legal responsibility, 2) the disagreement of the legal efficacy of PET or fMRI brain images in court, and 3) the desirable relationship between neuroscience and the law in moral, legal and social senses. By analyzing and discussing these three important topics, this study will elucidate various ways in which new brain science interacts with law, and help to develop an appropriate criteria for the adoption neuroscience into the legal system of our society.