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Emergency Nurse, 2005
Jehovah's Witnesses are known widely for believing in the absolute prohibition of accepting blood transfusions because they consider blood to be a nutrient. In emergency care settings, this can create ethical and legal dilemmas.
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Jehovah's Witnesses are known widely for believing in the absolute prohibition of accepting blood transfusions because they consider blood to be a nutrient. In emergency care settings, this can create ethical and legal dilemmas.
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Exsanguination in a Jehovah's Witness
Anaesthesia, 1983Summary A case is reported in which death occurred after a patient's adamant refusal to accept blood transfusion, despite prompt control of blood loss. The management of this situation is discussed. Reconstitution of the circulating volume was followed by survival for 2 hours after surgery. The haemoglobin level fell to 1.8g/dl.
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2017
Treatment of anemia and bleeding in Jehovah’s Witness patients represents a major challenge to medical, anesthetic, and surgical teams. Their beliefs regarding blood transfusion elicit major ethical and legal issues that are often not easy to resolve.
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Treatment of anemia and bleeding in Jehovah’s Witness patients represents a major challenge to medical, anesthetic, and surgical teams. Their beliefs regarding blood transfusion elicit major ethical and legal issues that are often not easy to resolve.
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2019
Patients may decline blood product transfusions for many reasons. The most common reason for declining transfusion is a religious objection among Jehovah’s Witnesses. Caring for Jehovah’s Witnesses may present a unique challenge to providers around the time of surgery when blood loss can be expected.
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Patients may decline blood product transfusions for many reasons. The most common reason for declining transfusion is a religious objection among Jehovah’s Witnesses. Caring for Jehovah’s Witnesses may present a unique challenge to providers around the time of surgery when blood loss can be expected.
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JAMA, 1981
Physicians face a special challenge in treating Jehovah's Witnesses. Members of this faith have deep religious convictions against accepting homologous or autologous whole blood, packed RBCs, WBCs, or platelets. Many will allow the use of (non-blood-prime) heart-lung, dialysis, or similar equipment if the extracorporeal circulation is uninterrupted ...
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Physicians face a special challenge in treating Jehovah's Witnesses. Members of this faith have deep religious convictions against accepting homologous or autologous whole blood, packed RBCs, WBCs, or platelets. Many will allow the use of (non-blood-prime) heart-lung, dialysis, or similar equipment if the extracorporeal circulation is uninterrupted ...
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2005
We have seen how L. Ron Hubbard uses strategies of association to create a relationship with the audience. By telling his own life story, he indirectly illustrates the major underpinnings of the movement that he founded. In this chapter, we see a very different kind of persuasive strategy.
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We have seen how L. Ron Hubbard uses strategies of association to create a relationship with the audience. By telling his own life story, he indirectly illustrates the major underpinnings of the movement that he founded. In this chapter, we see a very different kind of persuasive strategy.
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2019
Evidence is accumulating that both perioperative anemia and packed red blood cell transfusions are associated with adverse outcomes after cardiac surgery. Jehovah’s Witnesses who categorically refuse blood products, while otherwise expecting the highest standards of medical care and full deployment of modern medical technology, constitute a particular ...
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Evidence is accumulating that both perioperative anemia and packed red blood cell transfusions are associated with adverse outcomes after cardiac surgery. Jehovah’s Witnesses who categorically refuse blood products, while otherwise expecting the highest standards of medical care and full deployment of modern medical technology, constitute a particular ...
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2018
Pregnant patients who are Jehovah’s witnesses pose a number of clinical and ethical concerns. Their management includes careful preoperative evaluation and documentation regarding acceptability of blood-derived plasma or cellular components and blood conservation techniques.
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Pregnant patients who are Jehovah’s witnesses pose a number of clinical and ethical concerns. Their management includes careful preoperative evaluation and documentation regarding acceptability of blood-derived plasma or cellular components and blood conservation techniques.
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