I hear there is a maternity medical directive pregnant JWs give to their obs.
Can anyone get me a pdf for this? I'd curious to know exactly what it says.
[Someone's posted about this on JWRecovery]
Advanced Medical Directive for EXPECTANT MOMS?
by Joojoobean 10 Replies latest watchtower medical
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Alfred
Joojoobean... welcome!
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Joojoobean
Ah, thanks, 'Alfred'.
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Joojoobean
This is it! http://www.transfusionguidelines.org.uk/docs/pdfs/bbt-04_care-plan.pdf A UK only thing?
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sir82
Nothing like that in the US.
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stuckinamovement
If I remember right, here in the US there was a letter to boe about 2 years ago encouraging expectant moms to review an awake article and contact the hlc as a precaution.
Siam
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NewChapter
Welcome JooJoo. What stuck said. There is a thread that posts the contents of the letter somewhere. I can try and find it.
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blondie
This document has been prepared as an aid for medical staff and midwives who are managing a Jehovah’s Witness or other patient who refuses a blood transfusion and is at risk of, or experiencing, postpartum haemorrhage.
It doesn't seem that this document was developed by the WTS but by non-jws to deal with jw blood issues. -
NewChapter
Found it.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/188884/1/BOE-Letter-on-Mothers-to-be
Again, just a letter, not a special directive.
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blondie
That's different from this:
This is it! http://www.transfusionguidelines.org.uk/docs/pdfs/bbt-04_care-plan.pdf
I was told by several elders that many jws just figured "no blood" at all and never prepared for health issues that could come up. I knew jws that didn't tell their surgeon they were a jw and would not take a transfusion until their day of surgery.