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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by Lee Elder | | Medical Professionals, Physicians, Science
The typical Jehovah’s Witness believes that blood transfusions are bad medicine and the equivalent of playing Russian Roulette. They have been so thoroughly indoctrinated about the risks by the Watchtower Society that the mere thought is abhorrent to many of...
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