A common reason why a patient might refuse certain treatments is due to religious reasons. It may be tempting for physicians to override the patient’s refusal of treatment due to the competing ethical principle of beneficent, or the physician’s duty to protect the patient’s life. However, physicians must respect that patient and accept their decisions because patients have the freedom and the right to decline treatment. It’ll also be unacceptable if patients were physically and forcefully treated against their will. Taghreen Ayyad, author of the article, “Patient Medical Consent from an Islamic Perspective” stated that there are many cases in which courts have been asked to order medical treatment that have involved patients who refused to
