Medical, legal and ethical considerations concerning the choice of bloodless medicine by Jehovah's Witnesses

Legal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Ariga, Tomonori ^a   Hayasaki, Shiro ^a  

^a Hospital Information Desk for Jehovah's Witnesses   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bloodless medicine and surgery; Jehovah's Witnesses

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODILUTION; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVER CANCER; LIVER SURGERY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PATIENT RIGHT; RELIGION; SAFETY;

EID: 0037740008     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(02)00092-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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