Weinberger, Morris; Tierney, William M.; Greene, James Y.; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 16 (1982) 19, pp. 1719-1723
According to their religious dogma, Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) are unwilling to accept blood transfusions, even if their own lives are at stake. This belief puts physicians, who have no consistent legal norms to guide their behavior, in an ambiguous situation. To examine the socialization process...