Ethical Issues and the Religious and Historical Basis for the Objection of Jehovah's Witnesses to Blood Transfusion Therapy (Studies in Religion and Society) - Hardcover

Carbonneau, Andre

9780773465428: Ethical Issues and the Religious and Historical Basis for the Objection of Jehovah's Witnesses to Blood Transfusion Therapy (Studies in Religion and Society)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0773465421 ISBN 13: 9780773465428

Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr, 2003

Carbonneau is a Canadian human rights attorney who has acted as legal counsel for Jehovah's Witnesses in Canada, Eastern Europe, and the European Court of Human Rights. He takes the religious group and their refusal of blood transfusion as a case study of how non-medical criteria can be used as a basis for informed consent. He explores the religious basis for their belief, efforts to inform and help the medical community understand the nature of their refusal, the consequences of forcing blood on a Witness, whether the life-saving properties of blood are exaggerated, and whether alternative treatments really work. The text is double spaced. Annotation �2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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