The Results of a Survey on Pediatric Jehovah's Witness Patients

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  • KAGAWA Tetsuro
    Department of Anesthesiology, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital

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  • 「患者が小児で，　かつ宗教上の理由で輸血を拒否する患者への対応に関する調査」　の結果報告

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  We surveyed the institutions to which councilors of Japanese Society of Pediatric Anesthesiology belong on their response to pediatric Jehovah's Witness patients or pediatric patients whose parent (s) is/are Jehovah's Witness member (s) . Sixty-three percent of the respondents have guidelines to deal with this religious group and many of them have specific rules regarding pediatric patients. However, these rules, including the age until which a patient is considered to be a child and conditions for accepting Jehovah's Witness patients, vary according to the institution. In addition, many institutions replied that they would resort to blood transfusion if the patient's parent (s) refuse (s) to do so, whereas some institutions said they would not give the transfusion in such cases. Many respondents asked for the development of a legal system or response to deal with those cases. It is important to improve the environment so that pediatric Jehovah's Witness patients do not have disadvantages and physicians can practice with a sense of security.

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