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Case Reports in PediatricsA 13-year-old male Jehovah’s Witness presented with severe ulcerative colitis and anemia. Protective custody enabled blood transfusion; infliximab induced remission. Management required collaboration among physicians, family, and faith community.
Cynthia Alvarez +2 more
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Managing acute promyelocytic leukemia in patients belonging to the Jehovah’s Witness congregation
Hematology Reports, 2017 Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a hyper-acute leukemia and presents with cytopenias and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Jehovah’s Witnesses with APL offer a unique challenge during induction by refusing transfusion and pose a difficult ...
Anand P. Jillella +7 more
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Health Care Science, Volume 5, Issue 2, Page 98-108, April 2026.Using a 465‐item Medical Ethics Evaluation dataset, we compared GPT‐3.5 and GPT‐4 with human experts. Although the AI models showed some alignment with core ethical principles, their accuracy remained far below expert performance, highlighting the need for further optimization before clinical application.
Ying Zhang +5 more
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Case Reports in Surgery, 2015 Cardiac surgery for Jehovah’s Witness (JW) patients is considered to be high risk because of patients’ refusal to receive blood transfusion. We report a successful mitral valve replacement for recurrent mitral stenosis after OMC with minimally invasive ...
Yujiro Ito +3 more
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Hematology Reports, 2014 Blood transfusion many times works in a life-saving way when a patient is facing a critical situation. However, some patients, such as Jehovah’s Witnesses, may refuse their administration because it opposes to their religion beliefs. Thus, clinicians are
Alexandra Agapidou +4 more
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British Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 65, Issue 2, April 2026.Abstract Drawing on theories, concepts and empirical evidence from the fields of human geography, social and environmental psychology, this paper argues for space‐based interventions as new psychological interventions aiming to address segregationist attitudes and behaviours among co‐located groups. The main premise of this argument is that engaging in
Maria Ioannou
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Survival of the Black Church in difficult economic times : a case study [PDF]
, 2015 textMore U.S. adults are members of Historically Black Churches than the combined total of those connected to Jewish, Muslim, Mormon, Buddhist, Orthodox, Jehovah's Witness, and Hindu religious centers (Pew 2008).
McDaniel, William Charles
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Intraoperative cell salvage during radical prostatectomy: a safe technique for Jehovahs witnesses
International Brazilian Journal of Urology, 2004 Radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) is an operation historically associated with the potential for significant blood loss. Patients who refuse a blood transfusion, such as Jehovahs witnesses, may be only offered radiation therapy as potentially ...
Alan M. Nieder +4 more
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Transfusion Medicine, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 95-120, April 2026.Abstract Solid organ transplant is associated with high rates of anaemia and transfusion, but there is little comparative data on interventions such as erythropoietin‐stimulating agents (ESAs) and intravenous (IV) iron. We conducted a systematic review examining the association of ESAs and IV iron with outcomes in adults undergoing solid organ ...
Frank Lee +13 more
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Reproductive, Female and Child Health, Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT Introduction In Cameroon, 24% of adolescents have already begun childbearing, and 16.2% experience a subsequent pregnancy within 7–17 months after their first birth. Nearly 80% of these pregnancies are unplanned, highlighting the critical need for effective contraceptive use among adolescents.
Véronique Sophie Mboua Batoum +10 more
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