Jehovah's Witnesses and the Question of Blood Transfusion

1 April 1973

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Postgraduate Medicine

Vol. 53 (4) , 109-113
https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.1973.11713422

Abstract

Refusal of blood transfusion by a Jehovah's Witness is no longer a rare occurrence. What are the physician's responsibilities in caring for such a patient? What is the law in this matter as defined by the courts? These problems cross lines between law, medicine and religion. Moreover, they go to the core of the medical and moral responsibilities of physicians and the constitutional rights of individuals.

Keywords

JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
WITNESSES AND THE QUESTION
QUESTION OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION

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Jehovah's Witnesses and Blood Transfusions
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) ,1966
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