@incollection{2023:marki:kidney_tra,
title = {Kidney transplantation in Jehovah’s Witnesses – the Croatian perspective},
year = {2023},
note = {Jehovah’s Witnesses are recognized for their blood transfusion
refusal. Instead of blood transfusion refusal, they accept organ
transplantation. Kidney transplantation is the best modality for the
treatment of end-stage renal disease, but in the case of severe
perioperative blood loss, blood transfusion is required. Because of
the blood transfusion refusal, most of the transplant centers
worldwide, including those in Croatia too, refuse to perform kidney
transplantation in Jehovah’s Witnesses patients. University Hospital
Rijeka is the only center in Croatia that performs kidney
transplantation in Jehovah’s Witnesses and two such transplantations
were successfully performed. The legislation in Croatia, as in many
other countries, has not recognized some specific conditions related
to Jehovah’s Witnesses. In this chapter, we present our experience
and different ethical and medico-legal dilemmas about kidney
transplantation in Jehovah’s Witnesses in Croatia.},
booktitle = {Equal Access to Healthcare in Socially Diverse Societies},
pages = {179--192},
edition = {},
author = {Markić, Dean and Zibar, Lada},
publisher = {Karl Alber},
address = {Baden-Baden},
series = {Angewandte Ethik},
volume = {8}
}