DOCTORS
(See also American Medical Association [AMA]; Hospitals; Medical Treatment; Medicine; Paramedics; Surgery)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
abortion: w80 12/1 15; w75 248; g71 7/8 30; g71 7/22 19; g71 9/22 30; g70 11/8 21-23
acupuncture: g77 9/8 31; g72 9/8 12-16
advice on population problems: g75 6/8 30
Africa: g85 7/22 22-25; g72 3/8 8-11
alcoholism: g84 1/22 30; g74 4/22 29; g74 7/8 31
antiseptic soap: g61 7/8 31
attitude toward—
lethal injections for murderers: w80 12/1 15
sex-change surgery: g80 5/22 20
Australia:
encouragement to use simple measures when possible: g79 8/8 30
Royal Flying Doctor Service: g64 4/8 21-23; g62 2/22 24-26
blood transfusions:
Christian administering blood transfusion: w75 215; w67 721
deceptive administering of blood: bq 32-33
forcing transfusions on adults and children: w80 6/15 23; bq 35-36
letter to a doctor: g58 1/22 17-23
liability if administered against patient’s wishes: bq 31-33
precautions taken to avoid: w83 9/15 30; km 2/81 8; w80 6/15 23; g80 10/8 30; km 9/80 2; g74 6/8 23-24; g74 6/22 18-22; g68 3/8 24; g68 7/8 16; w67 511-512; g65 7/22 4; g64 7/22 24-26
warn of transfusion dangers: g78 8/8 15; bq 41-49; w75 445; g74 3/22 21; g74 5/22 19; g74 6/22 19, 21; 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; 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
cardiologists: g74 4/8 31
China: g74 5/22 30; g74 7/8 7
hand rebuilt: g79 7/8 30
Christians’ use of: w75 415; bd 39-40, 50; w52 95-96, 495; w51 267-268, 294; w48 265
comment by International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War: g81 7/22 29
communication with one’s doctor:
importance of: g81 5/22 7
informing of previous drug use: g85 9/22 18
compensation: g62 2/8 17; g37 12/15 8-12
computer to warn when medical tests interact with a patient’s medication: g82 5/8 29-30
conformity: g66 4/8 12-14; g63 8/22 3-4
consulting psychiatrists: w79 1/1 27; w75 255-256
cost: g78 9/22 30
medicine bills: g65 3/22 31; g60 2/8 30
of training: g76 9/8 31
of visit to office: g72 12/8 31
country doctors: g85 5/8 21-23
“country medicine”: us 54-57
Darrow, Dr. Robert:
comment on surgery despite lack of a normal blood count: g83 7/22 29
death rate with doctors on strike: g80 1/8 27
dentists: g74 4/8 31
diagnostic errors: g83 8/22 30-31; g74 5/8 28; g73 8/8 31; g71 6/22 22; g69 2/8 31; g68 6/8 30; g67 10/22 30
effects of teaching children about birth control: g81 6/8 30
experiences: yb71 143, 269; yb70 223; yb69 160-161
abortion rejected: g71 1/8 25-26
doctors accept truth: w79 10/15 26; w77 570-571
impressed by Witnesses’ kindness: w78 6/15 32
pathologist in Spain accepts truth: g85 1/22 24-27
protest persecution of Witnesses: yb69 77
surgeon accepts truth: w75 265-266
Witness surgeon: g74 3/22 17-23
expressing appreciation for medical help: w81 8/15 19
general practitioner: w67 61; g62 2/8 16-20
getting second opinion: g81 4/22 31
gold-leaf therapy for skin ulcers: g80 8/8 31
health corps: g65 1/8 31
Hippocratic oath: g77 9/8 12; w67 714
hospitals with religious connections: km 2/76 4
house calls: g77 9/22 30
hypnotism used by: g74 9/8 28; g65 5/22 8-10; g61 2/22 12; g61 8/22 31
inabilities: w73 185; g66 4/8 12-14; g62 6/8 15; g62 8/22 31; g62 9/22 15; g60 6/22 10; g32 6/8 561-569
insurance: g70 6/8 14
intolerance: g74 3/22 20-21
irregular practices: g71 2/8 30; g71 3/8 29; g71 8/22 30; g70 6/8 13; g69 3/22 30; g69 11/8 29; g68 6/8 4-8, 10-11; g68 7/8 13-14; g68 8/22 29-30; g67 7/8 31; g65 2/22 20; g65 6/22 30; g64 7/22 24-25; g64 9/22 3; g64 11/8 12, 16; g64 12/8 19; g63 5/8 30; g62 2/8 18-19; g62 9/22 15; g60 6/22 8-9; g60 11/22 31; g51 12/8 15; g38 2/23 11-12; g31 8/5 724-726
Jehovah’s Witnesses:
attitude in dealing with: bq 59-60; w75 415
brochure regarding blood transfusion: km 10/77 1, 3
campaign with Blood booklet: g78 9/8 16-23; km 10/77 1, 3
information on Witnesses’ view on blood: g82 6/22 25-27; bq 3-38
Refusal to Permit Blood Transfusion form: g85 9/8 11-12; bq 29-30
relieving doctors of liability for not administering blood transfusions: g85 9/8 11-12; g82 6/22 26; bq 29-33
witnessing to: w77 646
knowledge of nutrition: g80 12/8 30
lawsuits: g85 9/8 9-13; g75 5/8 31; g71 3/22 13-14; g70 6/8 12-15; g64 9/8 22, 24-25; g60 6/22 8-11
lengthen dying process: g74 5/8 28
length of patient’s visit: g78 6/22 31
limitations of medical science: w82 5/15 10
long-haired surgeons: g78 4/22 30
Medicaid: g67 7/8 9-11
medical jargon: g81 2/22 15
medical laboratory tests:
personal view of Dr. Joseph Boutwell: g80 6/22 30
medical literature: g72 1/8 26
Medicare plan: g66 10/22 30-31; g65 10/22 17-20
morals: g74 11/22 30
sex with patients: g73 12/8 31
need for good surgeon-patient relationship: g78 6/22 7-8
need to wash hands before touching patients: g83 4/8 31
negligence: g73 2/8 11-12; g67 5/22 30; g66 4/22 31; g64 2/22 29; g64 10/22 29; g63 2/22 31; g62 1/22 30; g61 11/22 29-30
number:
per capita in four countries: g63 3/8 29
throughout world per 100,000 persons: g81 11/22 30-31
obstetricians: g83 11/22 30
operation statistics: g71 1/8 31
parental rights:
disregard of: g70 9/22 29; g70 11/22 12-15; g68 3/8 24; g68 7/8 12-14; w67 714; g67 5/22 3-4, 16-17, 19; g67 9/22 3-4, 7-8; w66 714
respect for: g84 7/8 18; g82 6/22 26-27; bq 33-37; g68 3/8 21-22; g67 5/22 4-11; g65 11/8 18-19
patients’ rights: g85 9/8 9-13; g84 7/8 13-16, 18; bq 20-33, 35-37; g74 2/8 31; g73 7/8 31; g68 3/8 24; g68 7/8 13-14; w67 719-720; g66 4/8 16; g64 9/8 24-27; bd 51-55
Austrian lawyers agree a patient has right to make life-and-death decisions: w78 6/1 15
comment by judge of Supreme Court of Ontario: g80 6/22 29
consent of patient needed for amputation: g78 3/22 30
disregard of: w83 9/15 30; g77 5/22 20-21; w75 759; g74 5/22 17, 21-22; g71 11/8 7-9; g64 1/22 12-15
Kelly’s (Dr. A. D.) comment on: g82 6/22 27; g80 11/8 23; bq 35
primary responsibility for health lies with the patient (quote): g82 6/8 29
respect for: g80 8/22 17-20; g78 9/8 18-21; bq 24, 28-29, 37-38, 59-60; g74 5/22 17, 20-22; g74 6/22 20-21
to decide treatment: w78 6/15 11
violation of: g82 7/22 29
“plasma scalpel”: g77 10/22 30
prehospital emergency care: g83 1/22 3-4
prescriptions: g73 12/8 7, 30; g70 2/8 9-10; g69 6/8 31; g65 9/8 12-16; g63 9/22 31
what to ask about prescribed medications: g81 5/22 7
problems: g64 11/8 12-16; g62 2/8 18-19
with alcohol and drugs: g84 1/22 30
quizzed on antibiotic therapy: g76 2/8 30
recommendations:
bloodless surgery: w78 5/1 15
blood substitutes: w82 5/1 7; g82 6/22 26; g81 6/22 29-30; g80 2/8 29; g80 2/22 21, 23; g74 6/22 19, 21; 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
for reduced stress: g78 9/22 30
research on human fetus: g73 12/22 27-28
respect for patient’s religious convictions: g84 7/8 12-14; g80 8/22 17-20; g78 9/8 18-21; bq 24, 28-29, 37-38, 59-60; g75 6/8 28; g74 3/22 20-21; g71 4/8 30; g68 2/22 15; g68 6/8 11; g68 7/8 14
responsibility: bq 24-29, 35-38, 59-60; g68 6/8 3-4, 22
seeking expert advice from: w82 6/15 27-28
self-esteem: g70 7/8 30
shortage: g73 1/22 31; g65 3/22 31
smoking: g77 8/22 30; g76 6/22 29; g71 2/22 29; g70 9/22 26; g66 6/22 30; g64 9/8 10-12
heart attack prompts doctor to quit: g84 4/22 29
suicides: g74 2/8 31; g69 5/22 29; g65 8/8 15
surgery without blood: w85 6/15 19; w85 10/15 21; g83 2/8 29; g83 3/22 16; g83 12/22 12-15; g82 6/22 26; g80 8/22 18-20; yb79 159; w78 6/15 24; w78 9/15 28-29; g78 3/22 29; bq 55-58; g77 5/22 17-18; g77 6/8 29; g77 11/8 29; w76 217; w75 445; g74 3/22 21; g74 5/22 17-19, 21-22; g74 6/22 17-22; g73 2/8 19, 29; g72 6/8 30; g72 7/8 30-31; g71 3/22 14; g71 6/8 31; g71 11/8 6-7; yb70 149, 248-249; g70 8/8 29; g70 8/22 25-26; g70 11/22 29-30; w69 701-702; yb69 80-81, 212; g69 8/22 18-21; g69 12/22 24-26; g68 3/8 24; yb67 154, 178, 219; g67 5/22 17-19, 25-26; g66 4/8 15-16; g66 8/22 25-26; g66 12/22 26; bd 40-43, 47-51; g61 9/22 11
survey regarding whether patients should be told they have cancer: g79 7/22 30
sympathy needed by: g74 3/22 22-23; w73 291; g73 5/8 29; g68 6/8 7-9, 11; g66 11/22 18-19; g64 11/8 12-13
talking to a doctor on the telephone: g83 2/22 31
treating the fetus as a “patient”: w81 11/15 22
treating the “whole man”: g82 6/22 27; bq 37-38, 59-60
unlicensed: g73 3/22 30
unnecessary surgery: g81 4/22 31; g76 3/22 29; g72 4/8 30; g72 9/8 30-31; g72 10/8 31
tonsillectomies: g78 5/22 30
use of nature cures:
Germany, Federal Republic of (West): g85 3/8 31
view on boxing: g83 11/22 29
weighing risks and benefits: g84 7/8 15-18
wine recommended: g71 7/22 30
winking alerts, that man is not dead: g80 3/22 31
witchcraft healing baffles: g85 7/22 23; w81 9/1 28
wives: g74 7/8 31
women: g75 4/8 31; g75 11/22 31; g74 7/8 31
world’s view of: g73 1/22 30-31; g69 1/8 29-30
Quotations
every competent adult may even refuse lifesaving treatment, and it’s nobody else’s business: g84 7/8 17
no doctor should seek legal assistance to save a body by destroying the soul: g84 7/8 13
primary responsibility for health lies with the patient: g82 6/8 29
sometimes the best treatment is no treatment: g84 7/8 13