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In this regard, the Opinion Group of the Bioethics and Law Observatory <\/a> (OBD), a group that belongs to the Universitat de Barcelona (UB; University of Barcelona) and is located at the Parc Cient\u00edfic de Barcelona (PCB, Barcelona Science Park), has published a “Declaration on the refusal of Jehovah’s Witnesses to accept blood transfusions”. This report provides useful guidelines for society at large, healthcare centres and public administration that will help to clarify the debate on whether the health-related decisions taken by the Christians known as Jehovah’s Witnesses should be respected even when the final outcome may be life-threatening. The report, which has been presented today in a press conference, has been coordinated by Ana S\u00e1nchez Urrutia, lecturer in Constitutional Law at the UB, and by Vict\u00f2ria Martorell, physician at the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau de Barcelona and specialist in hospital management.<\/p>\n

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