What do ido when my patient has some beliefs and he doesnt want me to treat him!

What do ido when my patient has some beliefs and he doesnt want me to treat him the way he should be treated?

im a sophomore nursing student and my professor is asking me that question, im having a hard time finding the answer coz the internet is full of useless things which are getting in the way of my search..

an example of this is a patient who is unconcious and brought to the ER, lost a lot of blood...but while looking in his wallet, you see that he is a jehovah`s witness, and it clearly states that they have a "NO BLOOD" policy...
so what do you do?

RN`s and doctors..please help..thanks :-)

As a Jehovah's Witness,

I would hope you would honor my legal document.

I would hope you would honor my right to choose which treatments I will or will not accept.

Please know that we have done the research and have made a decision based on our faith and the medical risks of that decision.

Every Witnesses I know, will only ask that, you as a health care provider, do your best in helping us, while respecting our request in this area of treatment.

If you try to 'force' blood on us, we view that as rape.

If you try to talk us into taking blood, that is the same as a rapist saying, 'If you submit, I won't hurt you.'

I am telling you this not to make you agree with us, but I hope you will understand us better.

No doctor can guarantee life, only Jehovah can.

Jesus said 'of what benefit would it be to gain the whole world, but lose our life?'

This is what we believe about blood.

Thank you for allowing me to answer your question.

I respect your desire to help people, and I applaud your efforts in the saving of lives.