“Jehovah’s Witnesses [have] instituted several services that are actively involved in issues pertaining to transfusions. First and foremost, they support the patient and his/​her family to receive appropriate medical care . . . Secondly, they support health-care providers with valuable information regarding medical care without blood and facilitate communication between the patient, the physician, nurses, etc.”​—Seeber P, Shander A. Basics of Blood Management. Malden (USA): Blackwell Publishing, Inc.; Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, Ltd., 2007, p. 295.

“The HLC are community-based Jehovah’s Witness ministers who volunteer to assist hospitalized Jehovah’s Witnesses; they are available in hospitals worldwide, even in facilities lacking a bloodless medicine program. Committee members can visit patients in the hospital, assist in the coordination of patient-centered plans of care in conjunction with the patient’s spiritual beliefs, and help advocate for hospitalized Jehovah’s Witnesses in a nonconfrontational manner.”​—Johnson-Arbor, et al. No bad blood​—surviving severe anemia without transfusion. JAMA Intern Med 2021;181(1):7-8.

“These committees [Hospital Liaison Committees] have been established to help Jehovah’s Witness patients in preparing for elective surgical procedures and other situations such as pregnancy. They are available to provide pastoral and liaison support even in emergency situations. . . . They have an international database of clinicians which means they can put medical teams in contact with those around the world who may be in a good position to advise in a situation which is proving challenging.”​—Klein AA, et al. Association of Anaesthetists: anaesthesia and peri-operative care for Jehovah’s Witnesses and patients who refuse blood. Anaesthesia 2019;74(1):74-82.

“The Jehovah’s Witnesses provide a liaison service to assist doctors in reaching an individualized agreed strategy before the surgery, and it has been the experience of the author that this has proved very straightforward, nonconfrontational, and helpful.”​—Hivey S, et al. Religious practice, blood transfusion, and major medical procedures. Paediatr Anaesth 2009;19(10):934-46.