ReviewJournal of religion and health2017
Reflections on Cultural Preferences and Internal Medicine: The Case of Jehovah's Witnesses and the Changing Thresholds for Blood Transfusions.
Review in Journal of religion and health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Intravenous immunoglobulins in the management of acute chest syndrome in two Jehovah's Witnesses with sickle cell disease.Haematologica · 2026Article
- How experienced ICU specialists make decisions on prophylactic platelet transfusions-A qualitative study.Transfusion · 2025Article
- A medico-legal approach to developing a structured decision-making process for patients refusing blood transfusions.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Utilization trends and outcomes of catheter-directed thrombolysis for pulmonary embolism in the US by race/ethnicity.Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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Abstract
Jehovah's witnesses oppose receiving blood transfusions based on religious grounds. This refusal raises complex medical, legal and ethical issues for the treating medical staff. In the past physicians attempted to force patients and children to accept transfusions when deemed medically necessary through the use of court orders. However, in recent years the threshold for blood transfusion has been gradually raised by medical experts as expressed in consensus guidelines, which means that Jehovah's witnesses' aversion to transfusion would have been partially justified medically. This article will further discuss these current trends.
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