Are there any religions that don't allow certain forms of medical treatment?

Question

Like blood transfusions, organ donation/ reception, medication. Just wondering because i heard Jehovah's witnesses won't take a blood transfusions

Answer 1

That's true. We don't take blood transfusions. Arthur Q, you're incorrect in your understanding. We do go to the doctor. We're not against medical treatment.

Answer 2

A “Circular of Information” prepared by three U.S. blood agencies states on its first page: “WARNING: Because whole blood and blood components are made from human blood, they may carry a risk of transmitting infectious agents, eg, viruses....Careful donor selection and available laboratory tests do not eliminate the hazard.”

Regarding a Canadian study, the Glove and Mail newspaper reported that thousands of blood transfusions involved near-misses be cause of “collecting blood samples from the wrong patient, mislabelling samples and requesting blood for the wrong patient.” Such mistakes cost the lives of at least 441 people in the United States between 1995 and 2001.

No wonder Brian McClelland, director Edinburgh and Scotland Blood Transfusion Service, asks doctors to “remember that a transfusion is a transpland and therefore not a trivial decision.” He suggests that doctors ponder the question,”IF THIS WAS MYSELF OR MY CHILD, WOULD I AGREE TO THE TRANSFUSION?” More than a few health-care workers express themselves as did/one hematologist, “We transfusion-medicine specialists do not like to get or to give blood.” If this is the feeling among some well-trained individuals in the medical community, how should patients feel.?

Many doctors, would agree with medical director Dr. Michael Rose, who says: “Any patient who receives bloodless medicine is, in essence, the recipient of the highest quality surgery that is possible.” The highest quality of medical care--is that not what you would want?

Answer 3

My friend almost died from appendicitis because his father was a Christian Scientist, and insisted he "pray" to get better. Fortunately, his older brother came by to visit, found him hallucinating with a 104 fever, and forced the Father to let him go to a hospital. These religions are insane. Anyone who thinks that divine intervention is the answer to illness needs to be removed from the gene pool. Fortunately, the fact that they won't go to the doctor makes that event all the more likely. It's just too bad innocent children get hurt by these nuts.

(PS - When my friend was very young, his mother died on the steps of a hospital from some serious illness. Apparently, the Father finally brought her there when all the praying didn't work.. NUTS I TELL YA!)

Answer 4

number one. yes we don't take blood, but we do go the doctors and anyone who says we don't is a lie. Jehovah wants us to get the best care. even if I was not a Jehovah Witness, I would never take blood. they could check it all they want and I still would never take it and anyone who does, I pray for you because it is a death call. many people who are not Jehovah Witnesses don't take there kids to the doctor and when they start school, the poor kids have to have all there shots before they start school. guess what? my children when they where small and we where Jehovah Witnesses had all there shots before school. so you see we do take the kids to the doctors. may be you don't. we don't have our children taken away from us. also we are not a sect

Answer 5

Jehovah's witnesses won't go to the doctor at all from what I understand...neither will the Amish

Answer 6

JW's won't. There's a few other sects within Christianity that won't allow it. I've heard of people getting their kids taken away because of stuff like that. But outside of that, I don't know of any.

Answer 7

First thing that comes to mind is that whole Tom Cruise / Katie Holmes issue over the birth of their baby. So maybe scientology?

Answer 8

Yes, Christian science and Jehovah Wittness.

Answer 9

Muslims won't allow a woman to become pregnant by a sperm donor. I'm not being sarcastic, that's true.

Answer 10

True. They cannot give blood away or take blood from another person.