Ethical Dilemmas In Jehovah's Witnesses

Lastly, in spite of significant advances in the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, quality of patient care is affected when the hospital's treatment team confronts a variety of ethical and medical dilemmas when treating patients with different religions do not accept all types of medical interventions. For example, the population of Jehovah’s Witnesses is approximately eight million worldwide, hence as diversity increases, hospitals will need to understand this religion to provide satisfactory health outcomes. Hospitals need to recognize and understand that Jehovah’s Witnesses refuse blood transfusions based on the bible commandment to “abstain from blood”, where people of this religion do not ingest blood (eating meat with blood in it)

Furthermore, when the patient's daughter arrived and asked that the transfusion be stopped, the physician did not comply. The physician argued that there was no way of knowing before the car accident and thus he was duty bound to save her life. The patient and family took matter to court as they felt not respected and violated. The court announced the physician guilty of battery. This case illustrates that such incidents can occur and with cultural experts involved at hospitals, the number of these case incidents can reduce as physicians can be explained and taught to respect patient's autonomy and preferences for their own bodies (Panico, 2017). Therefore, cultural experts should be employed in hospitals as an official policy as the population is growing and many religions need to be fully understood to avoid any privacy or religious invasion. Cultural experts will be able to provide a better patient-doctor relationship as they will be considering the patients emotions and religious beliefs with medical intervention, representing both the patient and medical

A hospital visit causes much stress and anxiety for anyone. Hence, as a healthcare professional, you want to ensure that the patient receives high-quality service and satisfaction regarding their health during their hospital stay. Upon research, it was evident that minority patients that have difficultly speaking English or the native language have poor satisfaction and receive poor-quality of healthcare due to the communication barriers. Communication barriers such as language differences, cultural and religious background cause complexity and dilemmas at the hospital for both the doctor and patient. Hence, to reduce this barrier, cultural experts should be employed in hospitals as an official policy so all hospitals are aware of all their patients’ background and will be comply and respect the decisions made. After all, everyone should be able to understand and communicate information regarding one’s health without struggles and miscommunication regardless they speak the native language or not. Miscommunication is the last thing you want at a hospital as it would cause anxiety and fear for anyone if the medical doctor could not help you understand your