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Quality patient care entails more than simply biomedical interventions. Respect for the wishes, values, and preferences of patients are important elements of quality care. Unique aspects of the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses may present physicians with ethical and clinical conflicts. Witnesses believe that allogeneic blood transfusion (ie, whole blood, red blood cells, white cells, platelets, a...

Revision total hip arthroplasty (THA) is associated with greater blood loss than primary THA. Jehovah's Witnesses will not accept transfusions of blood or blood products and are thus at an increased risk for complications due to perioperative anemia. The purpose of this study was to report the clinical outcomes, radiographic outcomes, morbidity, and mortality of Jehovah's Witnesses who were med...