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In 1982, a peer-reviewed case study of a congregation of 59 Jehovah's Witnesses was undertaken by Drs. Larry J. Findley and Paul M. Redstone to evaluate individual belief in respect to blood among Jehovah's Witnesses. The researchers stated, "The members of this congregation are adamant in their refusal to accept all blood products...
Each Jehovah's Witness patient must be individually counselled as to all the possible blood products that are available as they may choose to accept some and not others (i.e., while not accepting whole blood nor any of the four main components of blood, [plasma; platelets; red cells; white cells] some may accept fractions derived from those ...
Jehovah's Witnesses officially reject transfusions of whole allogeneic blood and some of its fractionated components. Jehovah's Witnesses are taught that the Bible prohibits the consumption, storage and transfusion of blood , based on their understanding of scriptures such as Leviticus 17:10, 11: "I will certainly set my face against the one ...
The first approved oxygen-carrying blood substitute was a perfluorocarbon-based product called Fluosol-DA-20, manufactured by Green Cross of Japan. It was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1989. Because of limited success, complexity of use and side effects, it was withdrawn in 1994.
Some Jehovah's Witnesses may accept prohibited blood products if medical confidentiality is upheld, [288] although Jehovah's Witnesses who work in a hospital may break such confidentiality. [289] Jehovah's Witness patients are generally open to non-blood alternative treatments, even if they are less effective. [288]
In all, Jehovah's Witnesses brought 23 separate First Amendment actions before the U.S. Supreme Court between 1938 and 1946. [36] [37] Supreme Court Justice Harlan Fiske Stone once quipped, "I think the Jehovah's Witnesses ought to have an endowment in view of the aid which they give in solving the legal problems of civil liberties." [38]
The Infected Blood Inquiry is due to release its final report in May on how thousands of people died in the UK after developing HIV and hepatitis C through infected blood products given in the ...
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.