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Bloodless surgery and gynecological patients among Jehovah's Witnesses

open access: yes, 2021
Objective: The aim of this research is to present our experiences with the surgical treatment of gynecological patients among Jehovah’s Witnesses. Moreover, the medical, moral, and ethical problems in this regard have been highlighted.
Pilka, Radovan   +4 more
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JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES – MEDICAL CARE, MINORS AND THE RELIGIOUS RITE/RIGHT [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Responsible and caring parents seek the best possible medical care for their children. In the case of parents who are Jehovah’s Witnesses their religious beliefs prohibit medical intervention which uses blood.
Ziebart, David
core   +1 more source

(Re)inventing Genocide: Legal and Political Implications of the “Genocide of Soviet People” in (Post‐)Soviet Russia

open access: yesThe Russian Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the emergence and instrumentalization of the concept of the “genocide of the Soviet people” in both Soviet and post‐Soviet contexts, tracing its historical evolution and contemporary use in chronological perspective.
Dmitry Dubrovskiy, Irina Rebrova
wiley   +1 more source

Actual Problems of the Orthodox Mission among Members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses Religious Organization in Modern Russia [PDF]

open access: yesВестник Свято-Филаретовского института, 2016
The collapse of the Soviet Union led to a serious spiritual crisis among many Russians. Quite a few of them responded to the missionary activity of Western preachers including Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Larisa Yasonova
doaj  

Managing acute promyelocytic leukemia in patients belonging to the Jehovah’s Witness congregation

open access: yesHematology 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
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of military base closures on young adults

open access: yesThe Scandinavian Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how young adults respond to local labor market disruptions caused by military base closures in Sweden between 1998 and 2005. The results show substantial differences in responses between men and women, reflecting the sharp gender imbalance in military roles.
David Sandberg
wiley   +1 more source

Jehovah’s Witnesses move global conventions online amid COVID-19 pandemic

open access: yes, 2020
This article details the national and international response of Jehovah’s Witnesses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The article focuses primarily on the “Always Rejoice!” Convention and it’s shift from an in-person platform to a virtual platform. Jarrod Lopes,
Post, Kathryn
core   +1 more source

Inter‐institutional perspectives on usage of fibrinogen replacement therapies in North America

open access: yesVox Sanguinis, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Objectives Cryoprecipitated antihemophilic factor (cryoprecipitate), fibrinogen concentrate (FC), and pathogen‐reduced cryoprecipitated fibrinogen complex (PR cryoprecipitate) are sources of fibrinogen replacement, and each has advantages and disadvantages in terms of cost, efficacy, safety, and logistics of administration. This
Cindy Tay   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Jehovah’s Witness with Acute Myeloid Leukemia Successfully Treated with an Epigenetic Drug, Azacitidine: A Clue for Development of Anti-AML Therapy Requiring Minimum Blood Transfusions

open access: yesCase Reports in Hematology, 2014
Therapy for acute leukemia in Jehovah’s Witnesses patients is very challenging because of their refusal to accept blood transfusions, a fundamental supportive therapy for this disease.
Yumi Yamamoto   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Institutionalization of Protestantism as a way out

open access: yesУкраїнське Pелігієзнавство, 2005
The study of the current state and tendencies of the development of the traditional trends of late Protestantism in Ukraine - Baptism, Adventism and Pentecostalism, as well as Jehovah's Witnesses during 1999-2005 made it possible, in our opinion, to be ...
Petro Yarotskiy, Yu.Ye. Reshetnikov
doaj   +1 more source

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