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Les Témoins de Jéhovah : un mouvement religieux aux caractéristiques d’un mouvement social
Études Caribéennes, 2014 This article observes that Jehovah’s Witnesses share similarities with a social movement. The writer uses the descriptions that sociologists such as Alain Touraine and Herbert Blumer give of social movements.
Christophe Zamord
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Revista Enfermagem UERJ, 2022 Objetivo: mapear os estudos que abordam a não transfusão de sangue e hemocomponentes ao paciente Testemunha de Jeová. Método: revisão de escopo, seguindo o método proposto pelo Instituto Joanna Briggs.
Quitéria Pires da Silva Rodrigues +5 more
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The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports, 2015 Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation without the use of any blood products is considered as a challenge. We present a 48-year-old patient (175 cm, 75 kg, body mass index 24.5 kg/m2) who was admitted to our clinic due to end-stage heart ...
Jasmin S. Hanke +3 more
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Jehovah’s Witnesses and Blood Transfusions: An Analysis of the Legal Protections Afforded to Adults and Children in European/English Human Rights Contexts [PDF]
, 2017 This article considers the degree to which the religious beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses are given consideration in European and English courts. Adults' refusal of blood transfusions, based upon religious belief, is examined within the context of European
Ó Néill, C
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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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Kokkinakis at the grassroots level [PDF]
, 2017 This contribution considers the impact of Kokkinakis at the grassroots level: to what extent do grassroots level actors know about the case of Kokkinakis and see in it an opportunity to further their own religion-related rights claims? To what extent has
Fokas, Effie
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Pseudoaneurysm with risk of imminent rupture in Jehovah’s Witness patient
Revista Médica del Hospital General de México, 2022 Emergency surgery for vascular trauma is associated with a high risk of bleeding, which often requires blood transfusions. We present the case of a patient with gunshot injury with pseudoaneurysms of the giant femoral artery with skin dissection and ...
Miguel A. Sierra-Juárez +2 more
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Liver transplantation in Jehovah’s witnesses: 13 consecutive cases at a single institution
BMC Anesthesiology, 2020 Background Jehovah’s Witnesses represent a tremendous clinical challenge when indicated to liver transplantation because they refuse blood transfusion on religious grounds and the procedure is historically associated with potential massive peri-operative
Diego Costanzo +8 more
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2011 We present the first case of a head and neck oncological procedure accomplished in a Jehovah's Witness using the Ultracision Harmonic Scalpel (Ethicon, Cincinnati, OH).
Weerakkody Ruwan +3 more
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Anesthesia for a Jehovah’s Witness with Critical Anemia from Ruptured Stomach GIST
Siriraj Medical Journal, 2020 We report a case of a female Jehovah’s Witness admitted to the hospital with concealed rupture of stomach gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) and scheduled for exploratory laparotomy with tumor removal. She was critically anemic and refused to receive all kinds of blood or blood products.
Kasana Raksamani +2 more
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