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  1. Jehovah's Witnesses avoid blood transfusions not only because of their religious beliefs but also because of the medical benefits of bloodless treatments. Learn how they practice bloodless medicine and surgery, and how they view blood as life and God as the Giver of life.

  2. A baptized Witness who unrepentantly accepts a blood transfusion is deemed to have disassociated himself from the group by abandoning its doctrines and is subsequently subject to organized shunning by other members. Certain medical procedures involving blood are specifically prohibited by Jehovah's Witnesses' blood doctrine.

  3. When appropriate, the use of topical hemostatic agents such as topical thrombin (made with recombinant thrombin) can reduce blood loss. 9 The use of blood salvage techniques in surgery is generally acceptable to Jehovah’s Witnesses as long as the blood remains in continuity with the body in an uninterrupted circuit. 36 Blood draws should be ...

  4. May 2, 2022 · Most Jehovah’s Witnesses will decline transfusion of whole blood products, but if possible, discuss the specifics alone with the patient. Some will accept a blood transfusion privately. Schwab and colleagues describe blood management as a patient-centered, evidence-based approach to transfusion that seeks to provide the right care, in the ...

  5. Jan 20, 2013 · In its “Opinion n.16 on the refusal of blood transfusions by Jehovah’s Witnesses” the Belgian Advisory Committee on Bioethics states that if a major Jehovah’s Witness who is de facto and de iure of sound mind refuses a life-saving blood transfusion the physician is obliged to respect his/her wishes, even if to do so means that the ...

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