I have a family member who is a Jehovah witness, and she has a daughter and sister who still practice under this religion, she herself has not been practicing as a JW for a very long time in that she has not attended any meeting ect....
She has taken very ill, and her spouse has okd for her to have a blood transfusion, her daughter was going to come up to the hospital to see her, but I am afraid after this news she may not. I asked her nurse that we she was ready to give the transfusion, could she lock off the room to give the patient some privacy while she was having this procedure and she stated she was not able to, she stated, that she understood the pt, was a JW but that since they had the approval of her spouse to perform the blood transfusion, she would not be able to do this she asked that we contacted the daughter and speak with her about this.
My question is this and why.
Is this a liability for the hospital treating her?
If so how much of a liability is it?
I ask this question because the hospital seems to be rushing the family member on her way, and whenever you mention anything about the approval of the blood transfusion, all the staff become extermely nervous this includes the doctor. The family is so divided in this and we almost lost her the other day, now this I am afraid it may create a bigger argument then they already have. The daughter has now begun to avoid seeing her and I cant understand why?
What happens in a case like this, should the hospital be giving the blood transfusion? and if so is it impossible for them to provide some privacy during the transfusion?
