Refusal of Medical Blood Transfusions Among Jehovah’s Witnesses: Emotion Regulation of the Dissonance of Saving and Sacrificing Life
This study focuses on the requirement of JWs to refuse medical blood transfusions. We identified a life-death cognitive dissonance among JWs, with the opposing cognitions of being willing to sacrifice life by religious standards, while being unwilling to do so. Using a theory that connects cognitive...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[2016]
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 2016, Volume: 55, Issue: 5, Pages: 1672-1687 |
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Medical blood transfusions
B Religion B Cognitive Dissonance B Death B Jehovah’s Witnesses B Emotion regulation |
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