Why Don’t Jehovah’s Witnesses Accept Blood Transfusions?
In fact, bloodless treatments developed to help Witness patients are now being used to benefit all in the community. In many countries, any patient can now choose to avoid blood-transfusion risks, such as blood-borne diseases, immune-system reactions, and human errors. Myth: Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that faith will heal a person’s ailments.
Blood Transfusions —What Doctors Are Saying Now - JW.ORG
2013年4月8日 · For decades, Jehovah’s Witnesses have been criticized because of their refusal to accept blood transfusions. That refusal, based on the Biblical directive to ‘abstain from blood,’ has at times clashed with what doctors thought to be in …
What Does the Bible Say About Blood Transfusions?
The Bible commands that we not ingest blood. So we should not accept whole blood or its primary components in any form, whether offered as food or as a transfusion. Note the following scriptures: Genesis 9:4. God allowed Noah and his family to add animal flesh to their diet after the Flood but commanded them not to eat the blood.
Quality Alternatives to Transfusion - JW.ORG
The children were as small as 10.3 pounds (4.7 kg). “Because of consistent success in Jehovah’s Witnesses and the fact that blood transfusion carries a risk of serious complications, we are currently performing most of our pediatric cardiac operations without transfusion.”—“Circulation,” September 1984. [Picture on page 15]
Jehovah’s Witnesses | Blood Transfusion: Bioethics & Law - JW.ORG
The clinical literature cited is not published by Jehovah’s Witnesses, but it outlines transfusion-alternative strategies that might be considered. It is the responsibility of each qualified health-care provider to maintain awareness of new information, discuss options for care, and assist patients in making choices in accord with their ...
Clinical Strategies to Avoid Blood Transfusion - JW.ORG
Jehovah’s Witnesses have a worldwide network of more than 2,000 Hospital Liaison Committees (HLC). This network provides authoritative information regarding clinical strategies to avoid blood transfusion and facilitates access to health care for patients who are Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Jehovah’s Witnesses—The Surgical/Ethical Challenge - JW.ORG
But Witnesses are deeply religious people who believe that blood transfusion is forbidden for them by Biblical passages such as: “Only flesh with its soul—its blood—you must not eat” (Genesis 9:3-4); “[You must] pour its blood out and cover it with dust” (Leviticus 17:13-14); and “Abstain from . . . fornication and from what is ...
Medical Information for Clinicians of Jehovah’s Witnesses - JW.ORG
The clinical literature cited is not published by Jehovah’s Witnesses, but it outlines transfusion-alternative strategies that might be considered. It is the responsibility of each qualified health-care provider to maintain awareness of new information, discuss options for care, and assist patients in making choices in accord with their ...
Religious and Ethical Position on Medical Therapy and Related …
Tagging (Blood-Cell Labeling) Some Witness patients will allow a quantity of their blood to be withdrawn and tagged with an agent so as to facilitate various diagnostic tests. Transfusion-Alternative Strategies. Avoiding blood transfusion during medical care involves the systematic use of clinical strategies for managing hemorrhage and anemia.
Hospital Liaison Committees for Jehovah’s Witnesses - JW.ORG
Committee members can visit patients in the hospital, assist in the coordination of patient-centered plans of care in conjunction with the patient’s spiritual beliefs, and help advocate for hospitalized Jehovah’s Witnesses in a nonconfrontational manner.” —Johnson-Arbor, et al. No bad blood —surviving severe anemia without transfusion.