Outline
1) Introduction –
a. Thesis statement -- However, if the patient is irrational or uninformed, it could have profound implications for the health care professionals treating the patient, and they could end up in court if they do not have the proper documentation of consent.
2) Argument –
a. The patient has the right to fee will with their own mind and body.
b. Religious reasons may be a larger deciding factor to refuse.
c. One's cultural norm is not the same as another's and there for treatment cannot be forced.
d. Irrational patients, their guardians, and treatment.
e. Specific case examples.
3) Counterargument – Examples of invalid arguments.
4). Response.
a. Examples to prove the argument valid.
5) Conclusion.

Patient Decisions Not to Treat
The purpose of this paper is to introduce and analyze the topic of patient decisions on the health care professional. Specifically it will discuss whether a patient's irrational decision to refuse treatment is binding to a health care professional. A patient's consent to treatment has become a thorny issue in the courts and in the nation's health care facilities. A patient has the right to refuse medical treatment for moral, religious, or cultural reasons. However, if the patient is irrational or uninformed, it could have profound implications for the health care professionals treating the patient, and they could end up in court if they do not have the proper documentation of consent.
Patient's rights are a critical concern in the health care profession today, and few will argue that a competent patient has the right to free will and to choose what happens to their own body. Some patients with religious convictions may choose to refuse certain treatments, such as abortion, and some patients from other cultures may refuse certain types of treatment that do not agree with