Refusal of potentially life-saving blood transfusions by Jehovah's Witnesses: should doctors explain that not all JWs think it's religiously required?

Raanan Gillon

doi:10.1136/jme.26.5.299

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Refusal of potentially life-saving blood transfusions by Jehovah's Witnesses: should doctors explain that not all JWs think it's religiously required?

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Jul 2001	0	1	0
Aug 2001	0	5	2
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Oct 2001	0	11	2
Nov 2001	0	2	0
Dec 2001	0	5	2
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Feb 2002	0	17	2
Mar 2002	0	15	4
Apr 2002	0	4	0
May 2002	0	17	4
Jun 2002	0	7	2
Jul 2002	0	8	1
Aug 2002	0	12	3
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Oct 2002	0	29	1
Nov 2002	0	17	1
Dec 2002	0	9	0
Jan 2003	0	18	1
Feb 2003	0	20	7
Mar 2003	0	27	2
Apr 2003	0	19	4
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Apr 2004	0	58	7
May 2004	0	39	2
Jun 2004	0	24	15
Jul 2004	0	24	7
Aug 2004	0	37	20
Sep 2004	0	45	13
Oct 2004	26	57	25
Nov 2004	34	86	24
Dec 2004	20	52	19
Jan 2005	19	70	12
Feb 2005	31	82	16
Mar 2005	23	83	18
Apr 2005	13	48	24
May 2005	21	59	13
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Aug 2005	25	42	18
Sep 2005	29	58	25
Oct 2005	36	113	40
Nov 2005	44	106	18
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Jan 2006	28	46	17
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Apr 2006	42	63	19
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Sep 2007	52	29	13
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Dec 2007	39	30	17
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Aug 2008	32	15	10
Sep 2008	51	15	8
Oct 2008	48	10	8
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Apr 2009	73	30	18
May 2009	34	19	13
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Oct 2009	107	38	9
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Aug 2012	15	117	50
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Oct 2013	67	99	40
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Jan 2015	40	158	12
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Mar 2015	38	211	22
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Jun 2015	52	110	26
Jul 2015	22	126	8
Aug 2015	19	85	31
Sep 2015	42	167	22
Oct 2015	35	129	17
Nov 2015	44	113	21
Dec 2015	23	222	19
Jan 2016	24	147	11
Feb 2016	28	154	27
Mar 2016	33	223	35
Apr 2016	34	177	17
May 2016	30	138	16
Jun 2016	19	103	14
Jul 2016	19	105	24
Aug 2016	33	95	16
Sep 2016	28	108	30
Oct 2016	30	107	20
Nov 2016	57	130	17
Dec 2016	25	73	7
Jan 2017	17	63	18
Feb 2017	16	53	14
Mar 2017	11	86	14
Apr 2017	13	183	14
May 2017	12	198	13
Jun 2017	49	182	6
Jul 2017	110	106	7
Aug 2017	114	111	12
Sep 2017	235	233	5
Oct 2017	366	348	33
Nov 2017	276	266	40
Dec 2017	202	198	12
Jan 2018	250	244	18
Feb 2018	228	214	26
Mar 2018	316	304	23
Apr 2018	430	402	45
May 2018	276	260	38
Jun 2018	104	101	26
Jul 2018	54	44	14
Aug 2018	93	85	29
Sep 2018	78	68	31
Oct 2018	115	103	28
Nov 2018	122	100	24
Dec 2018	89	85	24
Jan 2019	74	70	33
Feb 2019	84	78	35
Mar 2019	93	68	24
Apr 2019	68	55	18
May 2019	85	79	13
Jun 2019	98	86	9
Jul 2019	80	77	16
Aug 2019	81	75	9
Sep 2019	79	60	11
Oct 2019	127	96	23
Nov 2019	98	76	26
Dec 2019	156	148	14
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Feb 2020	83	41	41
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May 2020	86	56	18
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Jul 2020	79	63	10
Aug 2020	39	35	8
Sep 2020	104	78	11
Oct 2020	107	85	21
Nov 2020	103	70	23
Dec 2020	104	81	20
Jan 2021	126	115	11
Feb 2021	109	91	34
Mar 2021	94	66	42
Apr 2021	73	45	12
May 2021	61	44	10
Jun 2021	40	40	10
Jul 2021	25	25	11
Aug 2021	22	22	25
Sep 2021	41	41	25
Oct 2021	55	45	29
Nov 2021	106	70	28
Dec 2021	62	50	21
Jan 2022	55	43	12
Feb 2022	107	82	19
Mar 2022	86	78	19
Apr 2022	70	56	17
May 2022	58	40	26
Jun 2022	37	33	28
Jul 2022	43	33	12
Aug 2022	36	33	9
Sep 2022	78	63	10
Oct 2022	81	50	11
Nov 2022	70	57	26
Dec 2022	41	38	11
Jan 2023	41	29	10
Feb 2023	79	69	8
Mar 2023	73	41	6
Apr 2023	112	66	15
May 2023	71	45	23
Jun 2023	31	25	4
Jul 2023	26	22	7
Aug 2023	78	57	17
Sep 2023	56	56	9
Oct 2023	113	88	11
Nov 2023	135	108	12
Dec 2023	181	19	0
Jan 2024	80	5	0
Feb 2024	87	1	2
Mar 2024	178	9	2
Total	14767	21476	5220

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