by Lee Elder, Executive Director - AJWRB | Jul 5, 2026 | Institutional Policy & Watchtower Reform, JW Crisis Management, Medico-Legal Liability & Informed Consent, Pediatric Bioethics & Minor Rights
Introduction The refusal of blood transfusions by Jehovah’s Witnesses is widely recognized within medical ethics as an expression of religious conscience and patient autonomy. However, when clinicians are evaluating Jehovah’s Witness informed consent, the...
by Lee Elder, Executive Director - AJWRB | Jul 3, 2026 | Historical Policy Evolution, Institutional Policy & Watchtower Reform, Medico-Legal Liability & Informed Consent, Pediatric Bioethics & Minor Rights
Golden Age March 30, 1930 p.409 Between 1921 and 1952, the Watch Tower Society taught that vaccination was inconsistent with biblical principles and strongly discouraged its members from receiving vaccines. During this same period, the organization introduced its...
by AJWRB Staff | Jun 1, 2026 | Bioethics & Medical Ethics, Hematology & Biomedical Science, JW Crisis Management, Pediatric Bioethics & Minor Rights
Qualitative Insight: The Role of the Hospital Liaison Committee To fully comprehend the clinical realities of the Jehovah’s Witness blood prohibition, medical professionals must understand the institutional environment surrounding the patient. The following account is...
by D. John Doyle, MD, Ph.D. | May 26, 2026 | Bioethics & Medical Ethics, Clinical Guidance & Practice, Hematology & Biomedical Science, JW Crisis Management, Pediatric Bioethics & Minor Rights
Dr. John Doyle, MD, PhD Professor Doyle served as a consultant to AJWRB for many years and authored several articles on blood transfusion refusal risks published at AJWRB. He passed away in 2025 at the age of 66. AJWRB gratefully acknowledges his service and...
by AJWRB Staff | Mar 1, 2026 | Patient Narratives & Case Studies, Pediatric Bioethics & Minor Rights
By Rachel and Bleau Gross This past Friday was supposed to be a simple, joyous occasion—the home birth of our second child. The delivery itself went beautifully, but what followed was a nightmare scenario that every mother fears, and every Jehovah’s Witness is...
by Lee Elder, Executive Director - AJWRB | Jun 7, 2014 | Pediatric Bioethics & Minor Rights
In an article written by Zelda Venter and published on June 7, 2014, by IOL news of South Africa, a 10-year-old Jehovah’s Witness girl was saved in South Africa when “The Centre for Child Law” in Pretoria instructed an advocate to go to the Durban...
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