DOCTORS

(See also Hospital Liaison Committees; Hospitals; Medical Treatment; Paramedics; Psychiatrists; Surgery)

(Note centered heading below: Quotations)

abortion:

Christian performing: w99 4/15 29

reliability of warnings of deformed baby: g87 4/8 3, 13

views on: g93 5/22 9; g87 4/8 9-10; g87 12/8 30; g86 11/8 9

appreciation for Awake! articles on—

abortion: g87 9/22 28

immune system: g01 10/22 30

mental illness: g87 5/22 28

attitude of Witnesses: g16.1 8; g91 11/22 6-7; g90 4/22 30

Australian outback: g90 8/8 16-19

bedside manner: g02 1/22 28

blood transfusions:

admit abuse: g87 8/8 31

admit benefits of Witness stand: g 9/07 30; w01 6/1 20-21; g88 5/8 29

admit dangers: g 8/06 6-7; w91 6/15 32; g91 11/22 28; hb 7-13, 19; g90 10/22 8-9; g88 5/8 29; w87 1/15 23; w86 4/15 26-27

admit Witness stand uniquely based on Bible: yb08 223

anesthesiologist: km 11/90 4

article reprint “Blood: Whose Choice and Whose Conscience?”: hb 30-31; g89 2/22 26-27

Christian administering or ordering: w99 4/15 29

comments by cardiologist regarding Hospital Liaison Committee seminar: g95 3/22 19-20

comments by chief hematologist (Russia): yb08 223

comments by urologist: g99 8/22 31

comments on bloodless medicine: w01 6/1 20-21; g00 1/8 7, 10

comments on risk versus benefits: w93 10/15 32

conference on alternatives (1998, Russia): yb08 222; g99 4/22 26-27

discussing Bible stand with doctor: lvs 246; lv 217; w04 6/15 31; w00 6/15 30; g89 10/22 15; km 11/87 3

discussing Bible stand with surgical team: km 11/90 4-6

finding a cooperative doctor: km 9/92 3-4

liability of doctors: w86 4/15 27

number cooperating with Witnesses: yb08 223; yb01 212; g00 1/8 3; g98 12/8 19-20; yb96 23; g95 3/22 20; yb93 19, 21; g93 11/22 26; g92 11/8 31

ordered because of peer pressure: g91 1/8 24

refuse transfusions: hb 9

relieving doctors of liability for not using: hb 18; yb88 30; w86 4/15 27

specialists meet to consider alternatives (1995, U.S.): w96 8/15 32

video Interview of Professor Massimo P. Franchi, M.D.: lff lesson 39

views on Witness cases: g95 1/22 31; hb 29; g90 4/22 30; g86 5/8 28

Brooklyn Bethel: g88 6/8 18

comments on—

cleanness: w08 12/1 11

sexual revolution: w89 9/1 31

diagnostic errors: g89 9/8 29

due to reliance on high technology: g88 12/8 31

discussion: g05 1/22 3-8

drug addiction: g98 9/8 28

experiences: w06 10/15 9

attends convention with 16 colleagues: yb09 60-61

comments on benefits of Bible study: w04 2/1 6

congregation meeting studying Blood brochure: w98 4/15 26-27

doctor and Hindu wife burn images: yb04 63

doctor in poor, isolated town: g05 1/22 7

encouragement from widow reciprocated: g89 10/22 16

hematologist recommends Bible Teach book: yb07 14

impressed by results of no blood: w03 5/1 13

Korean doctors led by Creation book to respect Witness stand on blood transfusions: yb87 54

learns truth as medical student: w00 3/15 31

learns truth from Witness who refuses blood: yb98 74-75

Live Forever book overcomes opposition: w92 9/1 23

medical practitioner: g05 1/22 10-11

orthopedic surgeon: g 8/13 10-11

pleads for Young People Ask book: g02 1/22 32

poses as Witness to avoid blood transfusion: g86 11/8 30

prejudice reminds of what Witnesses experience: yb03 55

reasoning with doctor on blood transfusion: w11 10/15 22; yb89 57-58

school clinic: w03 10/1 8

searches for purpose: w07 10/1 16, 20

surgeon: g 5/14 10-11

traumatologist and family: g03 12/22 25

Witness doctors: w18.01 24; g05 1/22 7, 10-11

favorite patients: g92 9/8 28

fear of disease from patients: g93 2/22 29

AIDS precautions: g91 6/22 31; g87 12/22 29

female:

sexual harassment by patients: g94 11/8 29

helping loved one with visit: g 10/15 14

helping patients remember explanations: g04 2/22 29

Hippocratic oath: g04 4/22 20-22; g87 4/8 9

house calls: g05 1/22 3-4

letter and reply on Witness refusal of blood: g90 4/22 30

life stories:

I Accepted God’s View of Blood: g04 9/22 30; g03 12/8 12-15

I Found Something Better Than Medicine: w22.02 26-29

My Efforts to Make Wise Choices: g00 8/22 12-15

Something More Precious Than Our Life Now: g 6/11 12-15

While I Was Blind, My Eyes Were Opened!: w04 5/1 23-27

Luke: w15 12/15 25

view of miraculous cures: g05 1/22 8-10

malpractice:

service reporting past malpractice suits: g86 7/22 29-30

number:

shortage (Africa): g88 4/8 30

surplus: g88 4/8 30

“physicians’” qualifications: g96 11/8 28

relationship with doctors: g92 2/8 30

cooperation: g05 1/22 6

understanding one’s doctor: g05 1/22 3-8; g05 11/8 30

relationship with patients: g05 1/22 3-8

attitude toward patients: w04 5/1 26-27; g91 3/8 8

cancer patients: g86 10/22 23-24, 26

compassion fatigue: g 5/14 11; g05 1/22 6-7; g05 11/8 30

empathy program: g92 12/8 30

poor communication: g02 6/22 29

responsibility as to smoking: g92 5/8 13

seeking second opinion: g00 10/22 28; g88 12/8 31

stress: g05 1/22 5-8; g04 5/22 29

surgery without blood: w95 8/1 30; hb 16-17, 28; rs 73-74

Jacoub, Magdi (London): g86 4/8 19-20

Japan: g92 11/8 31

Park, Young-kwan (Korea): yb88 30

Puerto Rico: yb87 102

report “Cardiac Operation for Congenital Heart Disease in Children of Jehovah’s Witnesses”: g86 4/8 21

when to consult: g 3/11 5; g98 7/8 6-7

Quotations

best prevention for AIDS is to become one of Jehovah’s Witnesses: g88 5/8 29; g88 10/8 15

doctors should use their firm grasp of medical knowledge to save life, but they should also respect the dignity and the wishes of the patient: g95 1/22 31