 Jehovah's Witnesses
"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.
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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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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Jehovah's Witnesses" by people in Profiles.
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Reddy SK, Swink JM, Rogers GF, Myseros JS, Keating RF, Santos DN. Transfusion-Free Calvarial Vault Reconstruction Using Multimodal Blood Conservation Strategies in Two Pediatric Jehovah's Witness Patients With Craniosynostosis. A A Case Rep. 2016 Jul 15; 7(2):33-6.
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Laliberte BD, Nath DS, Costello JP, Nuszkowski M, Kaplan RF. Normovolemic hemodilution using hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 (Voluven) in a Jehovah's Witness child requiring cardiopulmonary bypass for ventricular septal defect repair. J Clin Anesth. 2014 Aug; 26(5):402-6.
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