Jehovah's Witnesses' understanding of the Bible guides them to the belief that they must go back to God, or in other words Heaven, as pure as they came on Earth. This interpretation thus prohibits them from consuming blood and, as a result, accepting a blood transfusion. These medical procedures are known for their help in the "replacement of the hemostatic components of platelets and coagulation factors" and the "expansion of the circulating volume due to blood loss" (Vitzel 20). This religious belief then leads to the question, what should the stance of a doctor be when a patient is seen…