BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS
(See also American Hospital Association; American Medical Association [AMA]; Blood; Blood Substitutes; Plasma Volume Expanders)
(Note centered headings below: Bible View; Legal Aspects; Quotations)
advantages from refusing: w78 6/15 24
alternatives: g85 11/22 11; g82 6/22 26; g78 10/8 29; bq 49-58; g74 6/22 17-22; g73 6/8 15; g69 8/22 17-23; g60 3/8 30-31; g59 10/8 20; w58 439; g57 2/8 15; g57 12/8 24; g56 10/8 24; g56 12/8 16; w55 439, 492, 523; w53 451; g52 9/22 8; g51 2/22 17-19; g51 11/8 20; g50 8/8 11-12
dilutional therapy to lessen need for: g84 3/8 27
doctors recommend: bq 56-58; g74 4/22 30; g74 6/22 19-21; g74 9/22 29; g73 6/8 15; g69 8/22 18-19; g67 5/22 24-26; g67 9/22 5; w63 535; g62 3/8 8; w61 565; bd 43-47; g60 4/22 8; g59 10/8 20; g57 2/8 15; g56 10/8 24; g52 9/22 8; g51 2/22 17-19; g50 8/8 11-12; g49 1/8 12
hyperbaric oxygen therapy for patients with large volume blood loss: g79 5/22 12-15; w74 524
hypothermia: g79 7/8 29-30
Rh factor and disease prevention: w78 6/15 30-31; w74 351-352; g68 7/8 16; g67 12/8 29-30; g65 4/8 18-19; g56 12/8 16
Rh factor and disease treatment: g76 1/8 29; g71 12/22 30; g70 11/22 13, 15; g69 8/22 23; g68 3/8 23; g68 7/8 16; g68 8/22 3-4; g65 4/8 19; g58 1/22 19-20
animal blood: g52 1/22 17-18; w45 200; g43 12/22 23
blood donors: g80 12/8 29; w75 445; g75 1/22 30-31; g74 10/22 30-31; g73 11/22 30; g72 3/8 30; g72 5/8 23; g72 8/8 12; g71 3/8 29; g71 4/22 30; g71 11/8 8; g70 8/22 31; g70 10/22 31; g69 7/8 30; g68 3/22 30; li 337; g65 5/8 31; g64 5/8 30; g62 11/8 31; bd 30-32, 34-35
donor drives: g50 8/8 3-4, 10-11
homosexuals: g83 6/22 29
India: g77 6/8 29
Mafia monopoly on, in Naples, Italy: g80 9/22 29
paid: bq 44-45
“blood doping” (reinjection for sports stamina): g85 5/8 30; g78 1/22 31; g77 2/8 8; g74 8/8 30
blood plasma:
dangers: g85 1/22 29
number of unnecessary transfusions using: g85 1/22 29
blood salvaged during surgery: g82 6/22 25-26; g72 4/8 29-30
Britain:
AIDS: w85 6/15 29-30; g85 11/8 25
brochure for members of the medical profession: km 10/77 1, 3
cadaver blood: g68 2/22 18; li 337; g62 10/22 30; w61 563-564; bd 35-36
campaign with Blood booklet: g78 9/8 16-23
cost: g73 10/22 30-31; g64 5/8 30
dangers: w83 11/1 23; g80 4/8 29; g79 5/8 29; w76 336; gh 178; g76 3/22 13; g76 9/22 29; g75 3/22 29; g75 4/8 30-31; g75 11/22 29; g74 4/22 30; g74 6/22 17, 19, 21, 29-30; g73 2/8 13; g73 10/22 31; g72 7/8 27-28; g72 9/22 19-20; g72 10/22 30; g71 2/22 29; g71 4/8 29-30; g71 8/22 31; g71 11/8 6; g70 12/22 5; g68 1/22 30; g68 3/8 23; g68 6/8 29; w67 721; g67 5/22 3, 30; g67 6/8 31; g67 9/22 3, 5-7; g65 7/22 12; g64 1/22 14; g64 5/8 23-25; bd 17-34; g60 6/22 9; g60 7/8 8; g60 7/22 30; g60 11/8 20-23; g60 11/22 31; g59 9/22 9; g59 10/8 20; w58 439; g56 9/8 20; g56 11/22 24; g55 2/22 24; g55 10/8 16; w53 451; g53 2/8 10-11; g53 5/22 27-28; g53 11/22 12; g52 9/22 17-19; g51 2/22 20-21; w50 143, 158-159, 524; g48 10/22 12
African sleeping sickness: bq 48
AIDS: w85 4/15 12; w85 6/15 29-30; g85 11/8 25; g84 7/8 16-17; g84 8/22 29; w83 6/15 13; g83 3/8 29
air in bloodstream: g67 5/22 21; w61 562; bd 23
bacterial contamination of blood: g78 8/8 15; bq 48; g64 11/22 31; w61 562; bd 24-25
birth defects: g77 10/8 30
carbon monoxide: g75 1/22 30-31
Chagas’ disease: g85 12/8 30; g80 3/8 29; g79 1/8 18; g78 8/8 15; w77 315; bq 48
Colorado tick fever: g76 5/22 31
comment by medical scientist as to why he refused: g85 12/8 29-30
cytomegalovirus: bq 47
diseases: g76 3/22 12-13; w75 445; g75 6/8 27, 29; g75 7/8 30; w74 592; g74 2/22 30; g74 5/22 18, 20, 30; g74 10/22 30-31; g73 5/22 31; g73 6/8 15; g73 7/8 31; g73 11/22 30; g73 12/8 30; g72 3/8 30; g72 5/8 21, 23; g71 2/8 30-31; g71 3/22 13; g71 4/22 30; g71 5/22 30; g71 6/22 8, 30; g71 7/22 30-31; g70 4/22 31; g70 6/22 31; g70 8/22 31; g70 9/22 30; g70 10/22 31; g70 11/8 29; g69 1/8 20; g68 6/22 30; g68 7/8 15; g68 9/8 30; g68 12/22 31; g67 5/22 20-21; g67 7/22 31; w66 552; g66 6/8 29-30; g66 7/8 30; g66 12/8 22; g65 6/22 30; g65 10/8 31; g64 6/8 31; g64 9/8 23-24; w63 535; g63 3/8 31; g63 9/22 30; g62 1/8 30; g62 7/22 30; g62 8/22 29; g62 10/22 30; w61 254-255, 563; bd 27-34; g61 1/22 30; g61 5/8 30; g61 12/8 29
doctors testify to dangers: g85 5/8 30; g80 4/8 29; g78 8/8 15; bq 41-49; g77 5/22 18; g77 8/8 8; w76 217; g76 4/8 30; w75 445; g75 11/22 29; g74 3/22 21; g74 5/22 19; g71 3/22 14; g68 3/8 23; g67 5/22 7-8, 20-23, 26; g67 6/8 31; g67 7/22 31; g67 9/22 5-7; g66 4/8 14; g65 7/22 12; g64 1/22 14; g64 5/8 23-25; g64 6/8 31; g64 9/8 23-24; g64 11/22 31; g63 1/8 29; g63 7/22 11-12; g63 8/22 3; g62 5/8 19; g62 7/22 20; w61 254-255, 562-564; bd 17-20, 25-27, 31-34, 36-38; g60 4/22 8; g60 7/8 8; g60 11/8 22-23; g59 9/22 9-10; g59 10/8 20; g58 9/8 20; g56 7/22 24; g56 9/8 20; g54 2/22 24; g53 2/8 9-11; g53 11/22 12; g52 9/22 18-19; g51 2/22 20-21; g50 8/8 8-12; g49 1/8 12
fever-producing reactions: bq 44
filariasis: bq 48
freezing serum no protection: w75 445
hemolytic reactions: bq 44; g67 5/22 20; g63 1/8 29; g63 7/22 11-12; w61 562; bd 21-22
hepatitis: w85 4/15 12; g85 1/22 29; g85 12/8 30; g84 7/8 16; g82 2/22 29; g80 3/8 29; g80 5/22 30; g79 5/22 3; w78 5/1 15; g78 6/22 30; g78 8/8 15; g78 10/8 29; w77 315; bq 44-47; g77 5/22 18, 30; g77 12/8 29
hepatitis cases unreported: g76 4/8 30
immune system weakened: g85 3/8 29
infections: g81 12/8 29
interference with blood’s natural ability to coagulate: bq 55
kidney damage: g77 5/22 18
liver cancer: g79 1/22 18
malaria: g84 7/8 30-31; g82 9/22 30; g79 2/22 31; g78 8/8 15; w77 315; bq 47-48
mononucleosis: g82 4/22 30
personality influenced: g69 7/8 30; w62 302; w61 564
Pope John Paul II’s viral infection from: w81 10/15 10
reactions: g79 5/22 4; g78 8/8 15; bq 43
sensitization to certain foods: g76 7/8 30
syphilis: g78 8/8 15; w77 315; bq 47
transfusing too much blood: g63 7/22 12; g62 10/22 30; w61 562; bd 23
tumors in cancer patients: g85 9/8 29-30
wrong blood type: bq 44; g76 7/8 30; g71 12/22 30; g66 2/8 31; g66 7/8 29; g64 10/22 29; g62 4/8 31; bd 36-38
yaws: bq 48
deaths resulting from: g81 7/8 30; g77 5/22 30
abortions: g78 6/22 30
death rate: w75 445; g74 5/22 18; g73 5/22 31; g72 3/8 30; g72 7/8 27; g71 3/22 13; g71 6/22 8; g71 11/8 6; g70 11/8 29; g68 7/8 15; w67 721; g67 5/22 3, 7-8, 20; g67 9/22 6; g66 5/8 30; g62 10/22 30
Greece: g76 4/8 31
massive transfusions over short periods of time: g81 12/8 29
Reynolds, Frank (ABC-TV anchorman): g83 11/8 29
Turkey: g80 1/22 30
United States: g85 1/22 29; g81 2/8 29; g79 5/22 4; g78 4/8 29-30; bq 42
deceptive administering of: bq 32-33
definition: ms53 47
dialysis machines: w78 6/15 30; g74 9/22 29
discussion: g79 5/22 3-7; w78 9/15 28-30; g78 9/8 16-23; g74 5/22 17-22
doctors’ disregard of patients’ rights: w83 9/15 30; g82 7/22 29; g77 5/22 20-21; w75 759; g74 3/22 20-21; g72 12/22 29; g71 11/8 7-8; g68 3/8 24; g67 5/22 3-4, 16-17, 19; g67 9/22 3-4, 7-8; w66 714
doctors’ position: bd 47-53
doctors urged to respect parental responsibility: bq 33-37
doctors urged to respect patients’ views: g84 7/8 13; g83 2/8 29; yb82 245; g82 6/22 27; g82 7/22 29; g80 11/8 23; bq 22-28, 31-38; g75 6/8 28; g71 4/8 30; g68 2/22 15
doctors’ views on Witness cases: g81 4/8 29; yb79 156-157, 159; g79 6/22 30; w78 5/1 15; w78 9/15 28-29; g78 11/22 12; bq 21-29, 35, 56-58; g74 3/22 21; g74 6/22 19-21; g68 6/8 11; g67 5/22 4-5, 18-19; g64 7/22 24-25; bd 40-42, 49; g61 9/22 11
dogs given safer therapy than: g81 11/8 29
effect of forcing on adults and children: bq 35-36
effect on blood’s oxygen-carrying capacity: bq 53
effect on body’s immune system: g85 3/8 29
efforts to coerce acceptance in secret: w85 4/15 14-15
errors in administering:
compensation for medical negligence: g79 3/22 29
experiences:
in field ministry: yb70 268-269; yb69 202; w68 317; yb68 84; yb67 72, 178; yb66 68-69; yb65 129-130; yb64 210; yb63 80-81, 182; yb61 205-206
integrity maintained to death: w82 8/1 22; yb75 223-224; g72 9/22 17-18; w71 531-532; yb71 131; g59 3/22 21-22; w54 605
Medical Alert card: w84 12/1 25-26
press misrepresentation: yb79 154-155
resisting: g84 8/8 18
surgeon’s life story “What I Have Learned About Blood”: g79 5/22 4-7
Witness maintains position despite urgings of state Supreme Court judge: w85 4/15 14-15
Witness pathologist delivers presentation to Superior Council of Scientific Research in Madrid: g85 1/22 27
Witness questioned about, at Ontario’s McMaster University: g76 2/22 15
history: yb75 222-223; g74 3/22 19; ad 452; w67 713; w66 552; li 335-336; bf 545; g58 1/22 22; g50 8/8 4-7; g49 9/22 25-26; w45 200
increased use: w66 552; g63 9/22 30; w61 254, 553; bd 3; w52 114
letter regarding: g84 11/8 28
Medical Alert card: w84 12/1 25-26; g82 6/22 26
number in U.S.: g85 1/22 29; g78 8/8 15
one pint unnecessary: w67 722; g67 5/22 22-23; g65 10/8 31; g64 9/8 26
profit from sale of blood: g80 12/8 29; g74 2/22 30; g64 5/8 30
quantity of blood transfused yearly: bq 39
radiation cases: g52 1/22 18
recommendation to discontinue: g69 1/8 20
recoveries without blood: g83 7/22 29; g82 2/8 20-24; g80 8/22 17-20; g80 11/8 20-23; yb79 154-155; g79 2/8 15; g79 5/22 10-16; w78 6/15 24; w78 9/15 29-30; g78 11/22 11-12; g77 6/8 14-15; yb76 231-232; yb75 224-225; w74 166; w74 524; g74 1/22 29; g74 3/22 21; g74 6/22 18-21; g73 2/8 19, 29; w72 531; g72 6/8 30; g72 6/22 29; g72 8/22 29; g72 10/8 29; yb71 125, 186-187, 189, 274-275; g71 11/8 6-7; yb70 149, 166-167, 194-195, 248-249; g70 8/8 24; g70 8/22 25-26; g70 11/22 12-15, 29-30; g70 12/22 29; w69 700-702; yb69 80-81, 99, 212; g69 8/22 20-23; g69 12/22 24-26; g68 3/8 23-24; yb67 116-117, 154, 178, 219, 235; g67 5/22 17-19, 25-26; g67 9/22 7; yb66 180; g66 4/8 15-16; g66 8/22 24-26; g66 12/22 25-26; yb65 98; g65 7/22 8, 10, 29; g65 11/8 17-19; w64 94, 562; g64 5/8 24; g64 7/22 24-25; g63 7/22 12-13; yb62 208-209, 235-236; w61 252; yb61 148; bd 41-43; g59 9/22 8-9; g58 1/22 17-21; g58 2/22 16-20; w56 509; g56 9/22 18-20; g55 3/22 12; g55 5/8 24; g52 9/22 16-17; g51 2/22 21-23
bleeding kidney: g85 1/8 21
bowel-ulcer case: g58 1/22 17-18
brain-tumor case: g59 9/22 8-10
enlarged-heart case: g56 9/22 18-20
experience of Sherry Flemming: g83 12/22 12-15
experience of Sister Rodriguez: w85 4/15 14-15
open-heart surgery: w85 10/15 21; g83 9/22 24-26; g76 2/22 29-30; g76 11/8 17-20
pregnancy case: g55 3/22 12
Rh factor and disease:
cases: g70 11/22 12-15; g69 8/22 23; g60 11/8 20-22; g59 3/22 22-23; g58 1/22 19-20; g56 12/8 16; g53 1/22 7; g52 2/22 27-28
cause: g65 4/8 17, 19; bd 25-26
dangers of exchange transfusions: g69 8/22 23; g68 3/8 23; g68 8/22 4; g60 11/8 20-23
discussion: g65 4/8 17-19; bd 25-26; g60 11/8 20-22
prevention: w78 6/15 30-31; w74 351-352; g68 7/8 16; g67 12/8 29-30; g65 4/8 18-19; g56 12/8 16
treatment: g76 1/8 29; g71 12/22 30; g70 11/22 13, 15; g69 8/22 23; g68 3/8 23; g68 7/8 16; g68 8/22 3-4; g65 4/8 19; g58 1/22 19-20
risk to cancer patients: g85 3/8 29
surgeon’s life story “What I Have Learned About Blood”: g79 5/22 4-7
surgeons operating without: bq 55-58; g77 5/22 17-18; g77 6/8 29
Baker, C. B. (Canada): yb79 159
Buresta, Cesare (Italy): g83 3/22 16
Cooley, Denton A. (United States): g83 3/22 16; g82 6/22 26; yb79 159; w78 9/15 28; bq 56; g77 11/8 29
Dunphy, J. E. (United States): w78 9/15 28-29
Hutchins, Herk (United States): g80 8/22 17-19
Kay, Jerome H. (United States): bq 56
Lapin, Ron (United States): g80 8/8 30; g80 8/22 19-20
Nelson, Carl L. (United States): g80 8/22 20
Posnikoff, J. (United States): bq 57
Roen, Philip R. (United States): bq 57-58
surgery without: w85 6/15 19; w85 10/15 21; g83 2/8 29; g83 12/22 12-15; g82 6/22 26; g79 2/8 15; g78 9/8 16-23; yb77 134-135; bq 28-29; g77 6/8 29; g77 10/22 30; g75 11/22 29; g74 1/22 29; g74 5/22 17-19, 21-22; g74 6/22 17-22; g73 2/8 19, 29; g73 6/8 15; g72 6/8 30; g72 6/22 29; g72 7/8 30-31; g72 8/22 29; g71 3/22 14; g71 6/8 31; g71 11/8 6-7; yb70 149, 194-195, 248-249; g70 8/8 29; g70 8/22 25-26; g70 11/22 29-30; w69 700-702; yb69 80-81, 212; g69 8/22 18-23; g69 12/22 24-26; g68 3/8 24; yb67 154, 178, 219, 235; g67 5/22 17-19, 25-26; g66 4/8 16; g66 8/22 24-26; g66 12/22 25-26; g65 7/22 8-13, 29; g65 11/22 29-30; w64 94; w63 535; bd 40-43
bleeding ulcer: g80 8/22 18-19
comment by medical scientist as to why he refused: g85 12/8 29-30
comments by Italy’s Tempo Medico: g83 3/22 16
general surgery: bq 57
heart surgery: w85 10/15 21; g84 6/22 29; g82 6/22 26; g80 9/8 30; yb79 159; g79 7/8 29-30; g78 3/22 29; g78 9/8 18; bq 56-57; g77 11/8 29
hip surgery: g80 8/22 20; g78 3/22 30
hospital pioneers bloodless surgery: g74 12/22 30
Japan: g79 1/22 29
neurosurgery: w78 9/15 29-30; bq 57
normal blood count not necessary: g83 7/22 29
open-heart surgery: yb79 159; w78 9/15 28; g78 3/22 29; bq 56-57; g77 11/8 29; g76 2/22 29-30; g76 11/8 17-20; g75 11/22 29
open-heart surgery for infants: g84 3/8 27; g84 3/22 29; g84 9/8 30
Soviet Union: g79 7/8 29-30
ulcerated colon: g80 8/22 19
urologic surgery: bq 57-58
Whipple operation: g78 9/8 19
surgical procedures that lessen need: g82 6/22 26; bq 49-50; g74 6/22 18-19, 21-22; g73 6/8 15; g67 5/22 25; g65 7/22 8-11
television program regarding misrepresentation of Witnesses and their stand against: yb79 158-159
testing for compatibility: g74 5/22 19
transfusion no guarantee: g74 5/22 20
trend away from: w80 6/1 11
unnecessary: g85 1/22 29; bq 39; g76 9/22 29; g74 5/22 19; g74 6/22 18-21; g71 2/8 30; g60 4/22 8; g59 9/22 10; g57 8/22 12; g57 9/8 8; g56 11/8 24; g52 9/22 17-19
view that Witnesses will accept, if another takes responsibility: w85 4/15 12-15
Bible View
animals: w64 127
blood components: g82 6/22 25; w78 6/15 30
Christian administering: w75 215; w67 721; w64 682-683
dialysis machines: g82 6/22 25-26; w78 6/15 30
discussion: w85 4/15 12-15; uw 156-160; g82 6/22 25; tr 167-169; w78 6/15 21-26, 29-30; bq 4-20; g77 11/22 7-9; gh 178; g76 3/8 26-28; yb75 222-223; g75 6/8 27-28; w74 351-352; g74 5/22 20; tp73 164-165; g72 7/8 27; w71 118-119; g71 9/22 27-28; w70 249; w69 326-327; w68 263; w67 511, 719-725; g67 5/22 13-15; w66 400-401; li 335-341; ms 53-54; w64 680-682; g64 9/8 24; w63 75, 124, 535; bf 544-545; ln 39-40; w62 302; w61 251-255, 558-566; bd 3-59; g60 4/22 8; g60 7/8 11; g58 1/22 17-23; w51 414-416; g51 5/22 3-4; w50 79-80; g50 8/8 25-27; g49 9/22 26-27
prohibition applies even if the blood is from a live human: w83 4/15 31
prohibition applies whether taken into mouth or put into veins: w78 6/15 23-24; bq 17-18
disfellowshipping: w61 63-64, 284-285
‘donating blood as a sacrifice’: w77 410
effect on others of compromising Christian stand: w85 4/15 13-15
heart-lung pumps: g82 6/22 25-26; w78 6/15 30
importance of issue to Witnesses: bq 18-20
comment of George R. Plagenz: g80 6/8 25
individual choice: g67 5/22 3, 29; g64 9/8 24-25; w51 416
intraoperative salvage: g82 6/22 25-26
letter to a doctor: g58 1/22 17-23
objections answered: w67 720; yb67 256; w61 555-556; bd 7, 38-39, 48-49; w50 79-80; w49 367-368
precautions to avoid transfusions: w85 4/15 13-15; w83 9/15 30; g80 10/8 30; g74 6/8 23-24; w73 543-544; g68 3/8 24; g68 7/8 16; w67 511-512; g65 7/22 4; g64 7/22 24-26
serums: w78 6/15 30-31; w74 351-352
understanding clarified: yb75 222-223; li 35, 340
using person’s own blood (autologous transfusion): uw 158; g82 6/22 25; w78 6/15 29-30; g72 4/8 29-30; w61 559; bd 14-15; w59 640
viewed as feeding on blood: bq 17-18; w67 720; w63 124; w61 63-64, 558; bd 14; g58 1/22 22; w51 415; w50 79-80; g50 8/8 5, 7
Legal Aspects
American Hospital Association: g59 3/22 25-26
assault and battery: bq 31; g64 9/8 24-25
Australia:
hospital cuts use drastically: g80 4/8 29
Canada: yb79 153-160
Canadian Patient’s Book of Rights, The: g80 10/8 30
Cyrenne trial (Thunder Bay, Ontario): w83 2/15 28-31
child custody:
Britain: g85 11/8 25
cases: yb75 223-224; g70 11/22 12-15; g68 3/8 21-24; g68 7/8 12-16; g67 5/22 7; g67 8/8 29; g67 9/22 3-10; g66 1/8 29; yb63 69; g63 7/22 10-15; yb62 74, 105; g62 7/22 30; bd 51-55; g60 7/8 9-12; g60 11/8 21; g59 3/22 22-25; g55 8/22 19; g52 1/22 16, 19; g51 5/22 3-8, 28; g51 10/22 3-4
court cases: w74 166; g74 1/22 29; g74 5/22 19-22; g73 2/22 29; g72 9/22 17-21; g71 3/22 13-14; g71 11/8 6-8; g70 6/8 13; g69 7/22 30; g68 3/8 21-24; g68 7/8 12-16; g67 5/22 7, 9-10; g67 8/8 29; g67 9/22 3-10; g66 1/8 29; g65 5/8 30; g65 8/8 12-15; g65 8/22 31; g64 1/22 12-15; g64 5/8 22-25; g64 8/8 29; g64 9/8 24-25; g64 11/22 4; g62 7/22 30
Mercy Hospital, Inc. v. Jackson: g85 9/8 12-13
Randolph v. City of New York: g85 9/8 9-11
St. Mary’s Hospital v. Ramsey: g85 9/8 13
Shorter v. Drury: g85 9/8 11-12
court orders: g84 7/8 13; bq 35-36; w75 759; g74 5/22 20-22; w73 543-544; w67 511-512; g66 4/8 15
Brazil: g77 8/8 5-9
Canada: g80 11/8 20-23
Denmark: w81 3/1 11
importance of resisting: w80 6/15 23
Italy: g84 7/8 7-8
result in deaths: yb79 157; g77 5/22 16-21
South Africa: g82 7/22 29
Supreme Court of South Africa sets aside previous court order: g84 3/8 24-27
discussion: g67 5/22 3-30; g64 9/8 21-27
forms:
hospital form: g74 5/22 20-22
Refusal to Permit Blood Transfusion form: w85 4/15 13; g85 9/8 11-12; bq 29-30; bd 50-51; g59 3/22 26
waiver not to hold hospital liable for injuries from: bq 48; g74 5/22 20-22; g71 7/22 31
hospitals liable for damages from transfusion-induced hepatitis:
Louisiana Supreme Court: g81 11/8 29
inconsistency of forcing on babies: bq 36
Italy:
Oneda case: g84 7/8 6-11; g82 10/22 24-27
lawyers’ view as to Witnesses’ rights: w78 6/1 15
liability if administered against patient’s wishes: bq 31-33
manslaughter charges: g60 7/8 9-12; g60 11/8 22
Medical Alert cards: w84 12/1 25-26; g82 6/22 26; km 9/80 2; bq 30; km 6/75 3
updating of: km 2/81 8
validating: w84 12/15 30
why important: w84 12/1 25-26
Patient’s Bill of Rights: g76 4/8 30
pregnancy cases: g64 8/8 29; g64 9/8 26-27
refusal not suicide: bq 20-21; g65 8/8 14-15
relieving doctors of liability for not administering: g82 6/22 26; bq 29-33
legally appropriate: g85 9/8 11-12
not applicable to doctor’s negligence: g85 9/8 11-12
rights of patients: g85 9/8 9-13; g84 7/8 3, 5-18; g80 6/8 25; g80 10/8 30; g79 6/22 30; bq 20-33, 35-37
comment by judge of Supreme Court of Ontario: g80 6/22 29
comment by magazine Orthopedic Nursing: g82 12/22 29
comments by judge of Supreme Court of New York: g85 9/8 9-11
experiences: g84 7/8 6-11, 14
suing blood bank because of hepatitis: g79 10/22 29
U.S. Council of Judges: g69 8/22 17-18
Witness stand upheld: bq 22-24; g72 10/8 29; g69 7/22 30; g67 5/22 7; g64 5/8 22-25; g64 9/8 25; g63 7/22 10-15; yb62 104-105, 222; g62 5/8 19; yb61 210-211; g61 4/8 30-31; g59 3/22 23-24
New Zealand newspaper: g82 3/22 30
Quotations
72 percent unnecessary or questionable: bq 39
a bottle of blood is a bomb: bq 41
a dangerous and even potentially lethal form of therapy: g79 5/8 29
a transplant: g78 8/8 15
availability of bank blood need no longer be considered a prerequisite for open heart surgery: g80 9/8 30
blood can be very dangerous: w80 6/1 11
blood is a foreign tissue able to cause immunological reactions: w80 6/1 11
blood is not good for people: w80 6/1 11
bloodless surgery is gaining popularity among the general public as people become warier of contracting diseases from transfusions: g84 6/22 29
blood should be considered a dangerous medicine: bq 47; g76 3/22 13
carries a serious risk to the patient: g81 7/8 30
cases where transfusion is necessary are fewer every day: g83 3/22 16
doctors blinded by halo placed around transfusion: bq 39
donating blood like sending one a loaded gun: bq 41; w76 336
do not need to rely on transfusions as much as we once thought: w80 6/1 11
every bottle a potential bottle of nitroglycerin: bq 42
every time blood is prescribed, there’s some possibility it can produce disease: g84 7/8 31
giving a blood transfusion against the patient’s will constitutes an act of battery: g83 2/8 29
hypothermia spares the patient blood transfusion: g79 7/8 29-30
I cannot recall a patient who died because of lack of transfusion (J. E. Dunphy): w78 9/15 28
if you weigh eternal damnation against remaining life on earth, the [risk-benefit] analysis assumes a different angle: g84 7/8 14
I would never give blood to any patient: g80 8/22 19
less than 1 in 100,000 chance of getting blood like one’s own: bq 40
liquid Russian roulette: w75 445
list of transmitted diseases will certainly grow: bq 48
lower incidence of hepatitis enjoyed by Witnesses: w78 5/1 15; w78 6/15 24
makes surgeon feel better, but may not make patient feel better: w78 9/15 29
more serious consequences than other forms of drug therapy: g78 4/8 29-30
most forms of surgery can be performed without giving blood: w85 6/15 19
new problems overshadowing almost all those of the first 40 years: bq 43
no doctor can be positive a person will die if he doesn’t get a transfusion or live if he does: g80 11/8 23
no point in trying to convince a Witness that blood is needed to save his life: g79 6/22 30
now it seems that science is saying [the Witnesses] are right: w83 11/1 23
of every 250 women transfused, one will die within the next several months of hepatitis: g78 6/22 30
one out of 20 patients transfused develops a reaction: bq 42
one transfusion in 10,000 is completely compatible: g76 3/22 12
one unit useless 99 times out of 100: bq 39
only way to insure against hepatitis from blood transfusions is to refrain from administering them: g81 11/8 29
preferable that certain individuals should die than that we undermine right of being custodian of own health: yb79 157
rapid transfusion must be regarded as a mere volume expander: bq 53
resistance to, not motivated by desire for self sacrifice: w75 475
some surgeons waste time arguing with relatives of the patient over the issue of blood transfusion instead of getting on with the surgery and stopping the bleeding: w83 9/15 30
surgical team becomes emotional, confused and irrational, because patient’s liability is religious rather than physical: yb79 156
there is danger of serious liver damage from transfusion in a significant number of people: g81 4/8 29
there’s always the danger of hepatitis, malaria, and infections of various kinds: g84 7/8 31
to administer blood to a Witness without telling him is unethical as well as illegal: g79 6/22 30
transmission of hepatitis by at least four different blood-borne viruses is a risk of transfusion: g84 7/8 16
use of blood abused: g78 8/8 15
Witnesses, who refuse to take blood transfusions, often do amazingly well even with extremely low hematocrits: g83 7/22 29
Witness point of view makes increasing sense: w85 6/15 19
Witness position gives an incentive to get the waters of habitual therapy moving: g83 3/22 16
working without blood is a technical skill that anyone can learn: g80 8/8 30