HOSPITALS
(See also American Hospital Association; American Medical Association [AMA]; Doctors; Medicine; Nurses; Surgery)
abortion: g70 11/8 21-23
alcoholic veterans: g77 8/8 31
ambulances: g65 1/22 30
asking questions if a procedure does not seem logical: g82 7/8 27
autopsies: g71 6/22 22; g68 6/8 21; w67 703
reveal diagnostic errors: g83 8/22 30-31
blood donors: bq 44-45; g71 3/8 29
blood transfusions: g81 11/8 29; g74 6/22 20-21; g71 8/22 31
agreement not to hold hospital responsible for harm from: bq 48; g71 7/22 31
American Hospital Association and: g59 3/22 25-26
blood banks liable for deaths caused by: g73 2/22 29
hospital in Australia reduces transfusions: g80 4/8 29
precautions to avoid: w83 9/15 30; g80 10/8 30; bq 29-30, 60; g74 5/22 21-22; g74 6/8 23-24; w73 543-544; g68 3/8 24; w67 511-512; g65 7/22 4; g64 7/22 24-26
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
response to Blood booklet: g78 9/8 18-21
violation of patient’s rights: g82 7/22 29
breast-feeding in: g74 7/8 14-16
Britain:
use of carrier pigeons: g78 5/22 29
bunion case: g67 12/8 31
childbirth: g74 6/8 21-23
cost: g79 3/22 31
home and hospital births compared: g77 4/8 29
China: g79 12/22 30; g75 12/8 31
cost for hospitalization: g71 10/22 31; g67 7/8 9; g61 6/22 29
China: g75 12/8 31
for an average stay: g82 3/8 30
“dead man” winks: g80 3/22 31
dialysis treatment:
cost comparison: g76 11/8 30
doctors and nurses need to wash their hands before touching patients, says expert: g83 4/8 31
drugs:
improper use: g77 4/22 29
overuse of antibiotics: g79 12/8 31
received by patients: g84 5/22 30
effect on patients with a brick-wall view compared with those having tree views: g84 8/22 31
electronic aids: g70 12/22 5; g67 11/22 30
experience of heart attack victim: g65 6/22 24-26
experiences in witnessing: w78 6/1 10-11; yb73 39, 204; yb71 284; yb69 276-277; yb68 94, 135, 245, 275-276; g68 6/22 26; yb67 84, 101-102; yb66 59-60, 281-282; yb65 146; w64 532; g64 5/22 23; yb63 78-80, 169, 182; yb62 116, 151-152, 159-160; g62 5/22 12; w61 765; yb61 148, 210-211, 227
youth gives priest a Youth book: w79 10/15 32
experiments on humans: g68 6/8 4-7, 10-11; g68 7/8 14; g67 7/8 31
gambling:
bets on how long patients would live: g80 5/22 29
Germany, Federal Republic of (West):
hard-foam casings for broken legs: g78 7/22 30
hospital bills:
checking before paying: g84 6/8 31
overcharging patients: g61 12/8 30
hospital insurance: g61 8/8 13-14
hotel used as hospital: g77 6/8 30
hyperbaric oxygen therapy for patients with large volume blood loss: g79 5/22 12-15
infections: g83 4/8 31; g83 10/8 15; g78 9/8 31; g72 5/8 29
long-haired surgeons: g78 4/22 30
Medicaid: g67 7/8 9-11
medical laboratory tests:
inaccuracies: g80 6/22 30
Medicare: g66 10/22 30-31; g65 10/22 17-19
mentally ill: g73 9/22 17-19
release of patients involuntarily confined: g85 3/22 15
mistakes: g71 2/22 29; g70 3/8 24; g66 5/8 30; g61 11/22 29-30
negligence: g73 2/8 11-12
number: g61 8/8 14
nurses: g61 8/8 12-15
operations:
by court order: g64 9/8 21
consent form: g80 10/8 30
unauthorized: g67 2/22 30-31
patient’s rights: g85 9/8 9-13
patient has right to decide treatment: g84 7/8 15-18; w78 6/15 11
Patient’s Bill of Rights: g76 4/8 30
patient’s need for an advocate to safeguard his rights: g82 7/8 27
violation of patients’ rights: w75 759; g74 3/22 20-21; g74 6/8 23-24; g71 11/8 7-9; g70 11/22 12-15; g68 3/8 24; g68 7/8 12-14; g67 5/22 4, 16-17, 19; g64 9/8 24-27
percent of patients who refuse treatment: g84 7/8 15
prehospital emergency care: g83 1/22 3-11
rehabilitation centers: g66 11/22 18-20
seeking Witnesses as patients: w85 6/15 19
skateboard accidents: g76 7/8 31
sleep disturbances: g83 7/8 29-30
smoking: g81 3/8 11
Sweden:
singing of lullabies to babies: g80 1/22 30
treatment for burns: g80 3/22 18-21
unnecessary surgery:
cesarean sections: g80 2/22 29
visiting the sick at: w80 1/1 24-27; g77 7/8 24-26; w71 459
Witnesses’ view of building: w77 638-639
Witnesses’ view of hospitals with religious connections: km 2/76 4