Título:	Testemunhas de jeová ante o uso de hemocomponentes e hemoderivados
Outros títulos:	Jehovah´s witnesses attitude towards hemocomponents and hemoderivatives
Autor(es):	Azambuja, Letícia Erig Osório de Garrafa, Volnei
Assunto:	Testemunhas de Jeová Bioética - casuística (Teologia) Religião e ciência - sangue - transfusão Ética - religião
Data de publicação:	2010
Editora:	Associação Médica Brasileira
Referência:	AZAMBUJA, Letícia Erig Osório de; GARRAFA, Volnei. Testemunhas de jeová ante o uso de hemocomponentes e hemoderivados. Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira,São Paulo, v. 56, n.6, p. 705-710, 2010. Disponível em: <http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ramb/v56n6/v56n6a22.pdf>. Acesso em: 01 abr. 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0104-42302010000600022.
Abstract:	Objective. To study extent of knowledge and acceptance of hemocomponents and hemoderivatives, fresh and stored, by Jehovah´s Witnesses and also propose bioethical tools for any ethical and moral conflicts identified in their relationship with physicians and dentists. Methods. A questionnaire was used to interview 150 Jehovah’s Witnesses who attend ”Salões do Reino” in the Distrito Federal, Brazil. The questionnaire was directed towards information on socio-demographic aspects related to the use (or not ) of hemocomponents and hemoderivatives by those interviewed and also approach of healthcare professionals with patients of this belief. Results. 74% believe that the use of blood causes more harm than benefits to health - refusal is essentially based on the Bible 96% do not support hemocomponents, but 76% support hemoderivatives in specific situations, showing that personal understandings do exist; 80% feel morally offended with use of stored blood and only 45% with fresh blood, confirming the religious interpretation that fresh products are in general more accepted; according to 83% of the interviewees dentists do not ask about patients’ religion, whereas 71% of physicians do, showing little professional concern about this aspect. Conclusion. Jehovah´s Witnesses are seen by their “moral outsiders” (here physicians and dentists) as the religious group that simply “does not use blood”. Although, several blood treat¬ments are nowadays permitted,. it does not deprive them from a free conviction to refuse blood treatments. Their particular understandings frequently extend the list of blood prohibitions and, consequently, the number of moral conflicts, when consi¬dering that physicians and dentists usually do not ask about a patient´s religion.
Unidade Acadêmica:	Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde (FS) Departamento de Saúde Coletiva (FS DSC)
Licença:	Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira - Esta obra está licenciada sob uma Licença Creative Commons (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC 3.0)). Fonte: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0104-42302010000600022&script=sci_arttext. Acesso em: 01 abr. 2013.
DOI:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0104-42302010000600022
Publicação associada:	http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/6161
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