ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a case study of a 14 years old who was treated successfully for his lymphatic cancer before 10 years. Now relapsed with a different phenotype of the disease, stage 4, he faced three courses of chemotherapy, intervening assessment and ultimately stem cell treatment. To provide him and his family with an independent assurance that his best interests were being upheld, the Trust sought a declaration from the court that transfusion of blood was lawful. The court found that he was Gillick competent to make decisions relating to his treatment, although it did not make a finding as to whether he was competent to refuse blood. He had written to the court. He noted that this was a decision that he had taken on his own account; he was baptised into his faith after much thought and because he wanted to express his love to his God.
