"Jehovah's Witnesses" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Members of a religious denomination founded in the United States during the late 19th century in which active evangelism is practiced, the imminent approach of the millennium is preached, and war and organized government authority in matters of conscience are strongly opposed (from American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed). Jehovah's Witnesses generally refuse blood transfusions and other blood-based treatments based on religious belief.
| Descriptor ID |
D033221
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| MeSH Number(s) |
K01.844.188.573 M01.352
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| Concept/Terms |
Jehovah's Witnesses- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Jehovah Witnesses
- Jehovahs Witnesses
- Witnesses, Jehovah's
- Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Jehovah's Witnesses" by people in Profiles.
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Hematopoietic Stimulation During Impella 5.5 Support to Avoid Transfusions in a Jehovah's Witness. ASAIO J. 2023 08 01; 69(8):e384-e387.
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Jehovah's Witnesses and the Normative Function of Indirect Consent. Narrat Inq Bioeth. 2023; 13(3):205-213.
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Severe Acute Blood Loss Anemia in Jehovah's Witnesses Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: Single Academic Center Experience. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2023 04; 37(4):513-518.
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CASE 12-2016 Ascending Aorta Dissection in a Jehovah's Witness Patient on Warfarin. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2016 Dec; 30(6):1709-1715.
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Spleen and splenic vessel preserving distal pancreatectomy for bifocal PNET in a young patient with MEN1. Surg Endosc. 2016 10; 30(10):4619.
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Bloodless cardiac surgery: a strategy for few or the future standard of care? Transfusion. 2015 Dec; 55(12):2773-4.
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Preventing the predictable. Am J Bioeth. 2015; 15(1):72-4.
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A risky recommendation. Am J Bioeth. 2015; 15(1):70-2.
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Successful use of ECMO in a Jehovah's Witness after complicated re-heart transplant. ASAIO J. 2013 Sep-Oct; 59(5):528-9.
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Operating one-handed: emergency treatment of Jehovah's Witnesses. J Vasc Surg. 2013 Feb; 57(2):573-5.