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a bit religious.... ill try and keep it simple

i got to learn a lot about jehovahs witnesses through a friend. one thing she said was they are against blood transfusions, something because blood is life and only god can give life or some junk

so i asked her, lets say her little sister were in a car accident and her blood is all spilled into some canyon, meaning u cant scoop it up and clean it like she kept telling me about.. they would let her die rather than takea transfusion?

she siad yes, because thats what GOd wouldve wanted.

so here are my questions, maybe there are some nurses or people with legal knowledge here

- im pretty sure that u can use the religoin excuse when it comes to military type stuff.. so how abou this? last time i checked, doctors just rush to save people and dont ask too many questions

-lets say the car crash happens and they give her the transfusion BEFORE they are able to reach the parents? what then?

-maybe they wear a special bracelet like diabetics do?

-legally, is this even ALLOWED? i dont doubt in my mind at all that they woudl refuse the transfusion, but at least to me, this is bordering on murder!!! imagine being the doctor or nurse right there and being told NOT to save the child!

-its a difference between someone who is of age and who is not, if they are not then the parents make the decisions. but if they are, then could they sit there and say "no i dont want a transfusion. i want to die'?

... JUst wondering!!!! some BS isnt it??