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![]() However, the physician's legal and ethical obligation finally rests with the child patient and not the wishes of the parents. īased on the belief that any decision taken by parents or guardians, lie in safeguarding the interest of child welfare, they have the right to give consent by proxy. It is also important to know the position of the JW on the medical treatment, and which blood or blood products are acceptable to them. It is important to explain all the available options to patients who refuse blood and blood products. When confronted with such set of patients, blood free major surgery will be a great challenge to both the anaesthetic and surgical teams. ![]() New International Bible, Acts 15:28-29.Ĭurrently, there are more than 7.5 million JW globally and around 37,913 in India, and their number is rapidly increasing. ![]() It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. New International Bible, Leviticus 17:14. That is why, I have said to the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood anyone who eats it must be cut-off’. New International Bible, Genesis 9:34.īecause the life of every creature is its blood. However you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. In 1945, the governing body of the JW ‘The Watchtower’, introduced the blood ban, based on the strict literal interpretation of several scriptural passages of New world Translation of Bible such as:Įverything that lives and moves will be food for you. They celebrate neither Christmas nor birthdays, and must satisfy a minimum monthly time requirement to their ministry. They are politically neutral, do not salute flags, enlist in the military nor vote in public elections. In 1931, the organization officially became known as the ‘Jehovah's witnesses’. The JW religion, founded in 1872, by Charles Taze Russell during the Adventist movement in Pittsburgh is an international organization, the followers of which believe that the Bible is the true word of God. An extensive literature search was performed using search engines such as Google scholar, PubMed, MEDLINE, science journals and textbooks using keywords like ‘Jehovah's witness’, ‘blood haemodilution’, ‘blood salvage’ and ‘blood substitutes’.Ī small group of patients refuse blood transfusion, usually based on religious beliefs and faith (e.g., Jehovah's witnesses ). Appropriate management of such patients entails understanding of ethical and legal issues involved, providing meticulous medical management, use of prohaemostatic agents, essential interventions and techniques to reduce blood loss and hence, reduce the risk of subsequent need for blood transfusion. ![]() Due to the rapid growth in the membership of this group worldwide, physicians attending hospitals should be prepared to manage such patients. When such group of people are in need of health care, their faith and belief is an obstacle for their proper treatment, and poses legal, ethical and medical challenges for attending health care provider. A small group of people belonging to a certain religion, called Jehovah's witness do not accept blood transfusion or blood products, based on biblical readings. ![]()
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