When religious guidance changes: Informed refusal and advance directives after the 2026 Jehovah's Witness blood‐policy revisions
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: LE serves as the unpaid Executive Director of the Alliance for Jehovah's Witness Research and Bioethics (AJWRB) and is a former Jehovah's Witness congregation elder. AJWRB is an independent research and educational organization whose work includes informed consent, patient autonomy, and medical decision-making among Jehovah's Witness patients. RM serves in an unpaid role on the Scientific Advisory Council of AJWRB. DG serves in an unpaid role on the Executive Committee of AJWRB and is a former Jehovah's Witness elder who previously served as a Hospital Information Services Deskman and Hospital Liaison Committee Coordinator in the United States. WG is an inactive member of Jehovah's Witnesses. SB-T declares no conflicts of interest. TN is a retired attorney and independent legal scholar and declares no conflicts of interest. Data sharing is not applicable because no datasets were generated or analyzed for this article.
Source: Transfusion
DOI: 10.1111/trf.70474
Institutions: University of Kentucky, University of Roehampton
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7225184697