Jehovah's Witnesses and Transfusion-wary Alike, Need Not Worry...
Filed in archive Diagnostics , Studies , Treatment by Gloria Gamat on December 06, 2007
...because there are new choices for such patients - transfusion-free medicine!
Sometimes I don't understand that if blood transfusion is the only way to save a life, Jehovah's Witnesses will choose to die.
[Jehovah's Witness patients believe that accepting blood from a source other then themselves defies the scriptural teachings that their religion holds steadfast.
Originally developed to meet the needs of the Jehovah's Witness community, bloodless surgery is transfusion-free and is acceptable to Jehovah Witness followers because they are being reinfused with their own blood.
Bloodless surgery and medicine is a viable and life-saving option for these patients and those wary of the safety of the blood supply, and it is safe for a growing number of surgical and medical conditions, except for Acute leukemia
and traumatic injury.]
But then, who am I to question their beliefs. Anyways, good thing they now have a choice of transfusion-free medicine.
According to Patricia Ford, MD, a hematologist/oncologist and Medical Director of the Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery at Pennsylvania Hospital, part of the PENN Medicine hospital network and one of the pioneers of bloodless surgery and has been teaching its technique to doctor's around the world:
Glad to know that there is a choice.
Find more details from EurekAlert.
Sometimes I don't understand that if blood transfusion is the only way to save a life, Jehovah's Witnesses will choose to die.
[Jehovah's Witness patients believe that accepting blood from a source other then themselves defies the scriptural teachings that their religion holds steadfast.
Originally developed to meet the needs of the Jehovah's Witness community, bloodless surgery is transfusion-free and is acceptable to Jehovah Witness followers because they are being reinfused with their own blood.
Bloodless surgery and medicine is a viable and life-saving option for these patients and those wary of the safety of the blood supply, and it is safe for a growing number of surgical and medical conditions, except for Acute leukemia
and traumatic injury.]But then, who am I to question their beliefs. Anyways, good thing they now have a choice of transfusion-free medicine.
According to Patricia Ford, MD, a hematologist/oncologist and Medical Director of the Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery at Pennsylvania Hospital, part of the PENN Medicine hospital network and one of the pioneers of bloodless surgery and has been teaching its technique to doctor's around the world:
"Jehovah's Witness patients no longer have to die for want of blood.
Bloodless procedures have proven to be safer than blood transfusion because they help eliminate complications resulting from transfusions such as immunosuppression, infection, diseases from emerging pathogens for which our blood supply is not yet tested.
The hospital stay is also shorter for our bloodless patients, a cost savings for the patient and the institution."
Glad to know that there is a choice.
Find more details from EurekAlert.
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