Medlemmar av en religiös rörelse som grundades i USA under andra hälften av 1800-talet och förkunnar en aktiv evangelism, millenniets ankomst, och man motsätter sig starkt krig och myndigheters inblandning i samvetsfrågor. Jehovas vittnen motsätter sig som regel blodtransfusion och andra behandlingsmetoder baserade på blodprodukter.
Members of a religious denomination founded in the United States during the late 19th century in which active evangelism is practiced, the imminent approach of the millennium is preached, and war and organized government authority in matters of conscience are strongly opposed (from American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed). Jehovah's Witnesses generally refuse blood transfusions and other blood-based treatments based on religious belief.
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Jehovah Witnesses — Jehovahs Witnesses — Witnesses, Jehovah's — Watchtower Bible and Tract Society