I agree with a lot of the things they say about taking a blood transfusion. They are admitting more an dmore that the screening process isn't foolproof and is less accurate than many think it is.
i would have ot be pretty low in order to accept a transfusion.
Something that the WTBTS taught was that if a Dr thinks you won't take blood they may be more careful when operating..
Don't know how true that is anymore.
They do have more and more hospitals operationg without blood, we even have a hospital that advertises that fact.
Still I have this deep down feeling that they have second rate DRs that work there..Don't know why. It's probably just the opposite.
I think my fears are left over from a Witness recommended Dr that operated on me and I later found out his nickname was Dr Butcher among the resident nurses....I almost bled to death. Thankfully the attending anesthesiologist Dr caught it and gave me Ringers Lactaid solution in both arms..I was so weak I could barely walk. After that I just had the feeling that only desperate Drs would take the witnesses as patients. That was back in the 60's and not that many would even consider operating without having an OK to give blood in an emergency. Yu had to take whatever you could find.
But my reasons for not taking blood are strictly because of the health issues arising from taking blood, not because of any of the JW teachings.
Snoozy
In my opinion tho, a lot of witness children have died from their parents refusal to give them blood. Most of the time the children had a life threatning illness such as Luekemia in which case the transfusion would just be used to give them a little more time.