Cultural competences among future nurses and midwives: a case of attitudes toward Jehovah’s witnesses’ stance on blood transfusion [PDF]
BMC Medical EducationBackground Transcultural nursing recognises the significance of cultural backgrounds in providing patients with quality care. This study investigates the opinions of master’s students in nursing and midwifery regarding the attitudes of Jehovah’s ...
Jan Domaradzki +4 more
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Liver transplantation in Jehovah’s witnesses: 13 consecutive cases at a single institution [PDF]
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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Criminotheology. Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Putin’s Russia [PDF]
International Journal for Religious Freedom, 2023 Following their ban in 2017, the state targeted Jehovah’s Witnesses as harmful sectarians in the context of a ‘conservative twist’ in Russian politics grounded in late-Soviet anti-sectarian models and narratives.
Tatiana Vagramenko, Francisco Arqueros
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Long-term survival and quality of life in Jehovah’s witnesses after cardiac surgery: a case control study [PDF]
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2019 Background We previously analyzed morbidity and mortality in Jehovah’s Witnesses patients after cardiac surgery compared to control population patients.
Pierre Wauthy +3 more
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Blood Conservation Strategy during Cardiac Valve Surgery in Jehovah’s Witnesses: a Comparative Study with Non-Jehovah’s Witnesses [PDF]
Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2016 Background: We compared the clinical outcomes of cardiac valve surgery in adult Jehovah’s Witness patients refusing blood transfusion to those in non-Jehovah’s Witness patients without any transfusion limitations. Methods: From 2005 to 2014, 25 Jehovah’s
Tae Sik Kim +2 more
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Religiosity and Attitudes towards Health, Disease, Death and the Use of Stimulants among Jehovah's Witnesses. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Religiosity is considered as one of the many factors shaping an individual’s health consciousness. The aim of the study is an analysis of the correlation between the religiosity of Jehovah’s Witnesses and their attitudes towards health and disease.
Jakubowska K +5 more
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A dream or reality: Consideration of ‘bloodless’ hematopoietic stem cell transplants for Jehovah’s witness patients [PDF]
Hematology, Transfusion and Cell TherapyBackground: Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is an important part of treatment for many hematologic conditions. The high-dose chemotherapy used in HSCTs puts patients at risk of significant cytopenias which often necessitate blood product ...
Michael MacNeill +3 more
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Major abdominal surgery in Jehovah's Witnesses. [PDF]
Ann R Coll Surg Engl, 2016 Introduction\ud \ud Patients who are Jehovah’s Witnesses pose difficult ethical and moral dilemmas for surgeons because of their refusal to receive blood and blood products.
Rollins KE +3 more
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A Biblical Response to Jehovah Witness in Surabaya, Indonesia [PDF]
Pharos Journal of Theology, 2023 Issues around Christology are never ending. Both from within and outside Christianity the existence of Jesus as God continues to be discussed. From within the ranks of Christians who systematically deny the Divinity of Jesus are Jehovah's Witnesses ...
Juanda +2 more
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Monoclonal Antibodies to Migraine: Witnesses to modern biomedicine, an A-Z [PDF]
, 2014 The History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group hosted its first Witness Seminar, on monoclonal antibodies, in 1993. Since then more than sixty such meetings have been held, the most recent on migraine in 2013.
Tansey, EM
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