by AJWRB Staff | | Experiences, Stories
As told by Christine Bowra The fluorescent lights in the hospital corridor hummed overhead as Dr. Martinez closed Christian Munzer’s chart with a he avy sigh. Fifty-two years old, esophageal cancer, remarkable response to treatment abroad, and now facing a...
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 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 | | Uncategorized
1. What is AJWRB? AJWRB stands for Advocates for Jehovah’s Witness Reform on Blood. It’s a group founded by current and former Jehovah’s Witnesses—including elders and medical professionals—who advocate for reform of the Watchtower Society’s blood transfusion policy....
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 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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