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When Belief Meets Survival: Understanding the Psychological Dynamics of Jehovah’s Witness Blood Refusal

When Belief Meets Survival: Understanding the Psychological Dynamics of Jehovah’s Witness Blood Refusal

by Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed. - Licensed Psychotherapist (retired) | | Medical Professionals, Medicine, Physicians, Science

When Belief Meets Survival: Understanding the Psychological Dynamics of Jehovah’s Witness Blood Refusal Abstract When obtaining informed consent from Jehovah’s Witness patients for treatments involving blood products, clinicians may encounter seemingly...
Navigating Blood Refusal: A Clinical Guide to Jehovah’s Witness Patients and Watchtower Policy

Navigating Blood Refusal: A Clinical Guide to Jehovah’s Witness Patients and Watchtower Policy

by Lee Elder | | Medical Professionals, Medicine, Physicians, Reform, Science, Watchtower, What's New

Jehovah’s Witnesses are widely known for their conscientious objection to blood transfusions, a position rooted in their interpretation of biblical commands to “abstain from blood” (Acts 15:28–29). However, the current policy maintained by the Watch Tower Bible and...
A Life-Threatening Upbringing

A Life-Threatening Upbringing

by AJWRB Staff | | Experiences, Medical Professionals, Medicine, Physicians, Reform, Stories

By Beninu Andersen I am a 4th generation Jehovah’s Witness who disassociated 18 years ago in 2001. My father was a major figure in the organization—a computer science professor who developed software for translating the New World Translation into Danish and...
Blood, Vaccines and Organ Transplants

Blood, Vaccines and Organ Transplants

by Lee Elder | | History, Medicine, Science, Watchtower

What follows is a collection of quotes from Watchtower Society literature. This information will help you understand the development of the blood, vaccine, and organ transplant doctrine and document the many changes in policy through the years. Quotes are presented in...
Straight from the Doctor

Straight from the Doctor

by AJWRB Staff | | Medical Professionals, Medicine, Physicians, Science

Jehovah’s Witnesses and Blood Transfusions: Questions Answered by Dr. John Doyle, MD, PhD This Q&A aims to address common concerns held by Jehovah’s Witnesses about blood transfusions, presented with sensitivity to religious beliefs and grounded in...
Organ Transplants

Organ Transplants

by AJWRB Staff | | History, Medical Professionals, Medicine, Physicians, Reform, Science

As with blood, the Watchtower Society (WTS) originally had no objections to organ transplants. In a Questions from Readers section in The Watchtower, Aug. 1, 1961, page 480, the question about organ transplants is answered pointedly: “Is there anything in the...
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