Heart transplantation in a Jehovah's Witness
Corno, A.F.; Laks, H.; Stevenson, L.W.; Clark, S.; Drinkwater, D.C.
Journal of Heart Transplantation 5(2): 175-177
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0887-2570 PMID: 3302164 Document Number: 269474
Heart transplantation has been successfully performed without blood products in a 45-year-old Jehovah's Witness. Management of this patient is described. The medical, ethical, and religious issues involved in the decision to offer transplantation and to accept it are discussed.
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