Sentence examples for voluntary refusal from inspiring English sources

International agreements among doctors say doctors must respect a striker's decision if he makes "an informed and voluntary refusal" to eat.

"Under these principles, it is unjustifiable to engage in forced feeding of individuals contrary to their informed and voluntary refusal of such a measure.

Defendant argues, however, the refusal does not release the doctor for his negligence but only for the consequences arising out of Mrs. Shorter's voluntary refusal to accept blood, which in this case was death.

Poor Boris Pasternak, cabling to Stockholm last Wednesday his "voluntary refusal" of the "undeserved"Nobel Prize for Literature he had rapturously accepted on the previous Sat reminds us of Dudovor, a character in "Doctor Zhivago," who says he was "reeducated & became mature in jail"....His plight made us think of a Daumier lithograph we used to own called "Liberty of the Press" circa 1830.

It says: "where a prisoner refuses nourishment and is considered by the doctor as capable of forming an unimpaired and rational judgment concerning the consequences of such voluntary refusal of nourishment, he or she shall not be fed artificially". These guidelines are the basis of the case against medical staff at Guantanamo Bay, who have admitted force-feeding prisoners.

The WMA's revised protocols say that, "Where a prisoner refuses nourishment and is considered by the physician as capable of forming an unimpaired and rational judgment concerning the consequences of such a voluntary refusal of nourishment, he or she shall not be fed artificially".

There were no exclusion criteria, participation was voluntary and refusal to participate did not impact on the continuum of antenatal care.

It was explained and written on the consent form that participation was voluntary, that refusal would not affect their legal status and that confidentiality was guaranteed.

The managers in NHs recruited the staff according to the inclusion criteria, reassuring the eligible participants that participation in this study is voluntary and refusal to participate will involve no penalty.

In addition, they were told that taking part in the study was voluntary, and refusal to participate or answer any question would not result in any penalty or loss of healthcare to which they were otherwise entitled.

We informed them that their participation in the study was voluntary and that refusal to participate would not disadvantage them.