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== Further reading ==
Sloan JM, Ballen K (May 2008). "SCT in Jehovah's Witnesses: the bloodless transplant". Bone Marrow Transplant. 41 (10): 837–44. doi:10.1038/bmt.2008.5. PMID 18246110. S2CID 12256769.
Bayam L, Tait WF, Macartney ID (2007). "Successful repair of a giant abdominal aortoiliac aneurysm in a Jehovah's Witness". Vasc Endovascular Surg. 41 (5): 460–2. doi:10.1177/1538574407303172. PMID 17942864. S2CID 20999081.
Massiah N, Athimulam S, Loo C, Okolo S, Yoong W (October 2007). "Obstetric care of Jehovah's Witnesses: a 14-year observational study". Arch Gynecol Obstet. 276 (4): 339–43. doi:10.1007/s00404-007-0346-0. PMID 17522882. S2CID 8416402.
Putney, Leeann J. (July–September 2007). "Bloodless cardiac surgery: not just possible, but preferable". Crit Care Nurs Q. 30 (3): 263–70. doi:10.1097/01.CNQ.0000278927.44691.8c. PMID 17579310. S2CID 44846538. "Free copy" (PDF). CEConnection for Allied Health. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
Eilers, June; Rounds, Luisa (2007). "Blood Transfusion or Not: A Literature Review of Bloodless Interventions to Treat Cancer Related Anemia". Oncology Nursing Forum. 34 (2): 553–554. Archived from the original on April 15, 2009.

== External links ==
Official website of Jehovah's Witnesses
How Can Blood Save Your Life? published by Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
Why Don't Jehovah's Witnesses Accept Blood Transfusions? from the official website
Bloodless Surgeries and Jehovah's Witnesses PBS Religion & Ethics
Associated Jehovah's Witnesses for Reform on Blood
BBC News - Refusing blood 'source of regret'
Critique of Jehovah's Witnesses' blood policy by Raymond Franz, a former member of Jehovah' Witnesses' Governing Body
Ethical Issues in Compulsory Medical Treatment: A Study of Jehovah's Witnesses Archived April 10, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
Jehovah's Witnesses teachings on blood from religioustolerance.org
The Jensen Letters—correspondence between a Jehovah's Witness elder and the Watch Tower Society seeking answers to critical questions about important aspects of their blood doctrine. The correspondence begins in 1998 and concludes in 2003 with the writer's resignation as an elder.