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Since Jehovah’s Witnesses are not allowed to accept external blood products, their view on organ donation is complicated by the medical procedure itself. [8] Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that organ donation with no transfusion of blood is an individual decision. [2] [10]
Jehovah's Witnesses' literature teaches that their refusal of transfusions of whole blood or its four primary components—red cells, white cells, platelets, and plasma—is a non-negotiable religious stand and that those who respect life as a gift from God do not try to sustain life by taking in blood, [5] [6] even in an emergency. [7]
For religious reasons, Jehovah's Witnesses may choose not to accept any allogeneic transfusions from a volunteer's blood donation but may accept the use of autologous blood salvaged during surgery to restore their blood volume and homeostasis during the course of an operation, although not autologous blood donated beforehand. Each Jehovah's ...
Most people know that organ donations save lives and, in fact, more than 90 percent of Americans support organ donation. But only about 50 percent of U.S. adults are actually registered organ and ...
Jehovah's Witnesses being baptized. Jehovah's Witnesses believe salvation is a gift from God attained by being part of "God's organization" and putting faith in Jesus' ransom sacrifice. They do not believe in predestination or eternal security. They believe in different forms of resurrection for two groups of Christians: that the 144,000 ...
Some Jehovah's Witnesses may accept prohibited blood products if medical confidentiality is upheld, [286] although Jehovah's Witnesses who work in a hospital may break such confidentiality. [287] Jehovah's Witness patients are generally open to non-blood alternative treatments, even if they are less effective.
Organ transplants are already time-sensitive procedures, and any extra delays can make the organs unviable for the recipient. "A transplant hospital might have to turn down the organ because they ...
However, recent JW publications state that a number of "blood products can be used by a Jehovah's Witness as a matter of personal choice and without any sanction from the local congregation. The June 15, 2000 Watchtower made subtle but important changes to official policy. These relate primarily to the way blood products are classified.