Clinical dilemma-management of low rectal cancer in a Jehovah’s Witness
Jehovah’s Witness followers pose a clinical dilemma to the medical practitioners due to their religious belief of an absolute prohibition of blood transfusion under any circumstances. We present a case of Jehovah’s Witness follower who underwent an ultra-low anterior resection for rectal cancer af...
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| author | Chik, Azhani Md Nor, Azmi Ong, Li Wei, David |
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| description | Jehovah’s Witness followers pose a clinical dilemma to the medical practitioners due to their religious belief
of an absolute prohibition of blood transfusion under any circumstances. We present a case of Jehovah’s
Witness follower who underwent an ultra-low anterior resection for rectal cancer after neo-adjuvant
chemo-radiotherapy. The challenges in the perioperative management are highlighted and managed
accordingly. |
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| spelling | iium-695122019-03-15T03:42:29Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/69512/ Clinical dilemma-management of low rectal cancer in a Jehovah’s Witness Chik, Azhani Md Nor, Azmi Ong, Li Wei, David RD Surgery Jehovah’s Witness followers pose a clinical dilemma to the medical practitioners due to their religious belief of an absolute prohibition of blood transfusion under any circumstances. We present a case of Jehovah’s Witness follower who underwent an ultra-low anterior resection for rectal cancer after neo-adjuvant chemo-radiotherapy. The challenges in the perioperative management are highlighted and managed accordingly. Kulliyyah (Faculty) of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2018-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/69512/7/69512%20Clinical%20Dilemma-Management.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/69512/8/69512%20Clinical%20Dilemma-Management%20SCOPUS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/69512/19/69512%20Clinical%20Dilemma-Management%20of%20Low%20Rectal%20Cancer%20WOS.pdf Chik, Azhani and Md Nor, Azmi and Ong, Li Wei, David (2018) Clinical dilemma-management of low rectal cancer in a Jehovah’s Witness. International Medical Journal Malaysia, 17 (3). pp. 81-84. E-ISSN 1823-4631 http://iiumedic.net/imjm/v1/download/volume_17_no_3/Vol17No3-081.pdf http://iiumedic.net/imjm/v1/volume-17-no-3-december-2018/ |
| spellingShingle | RD Surgery Chik, Azhani Md Nor, Azmi Ong, Li Wei, David Clinical dilemma-management of low rectal cancer in a Jehovah’s Witness |
| title | Clinical dilemma-management of low rectal cancer in
a Jehovah’s Witness |
| title_full | Clinical dilemma-management of low rectal cancer in
a Jehovah’s Witness |
| title_fullStr | Clinical dilemma-management of low rectal cancer in
a Jehovah’s Witness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical dilemma-management of low rectal cancer in
a Jehovah’s Witness |
| title_short | Clinical dilemma-management of low rectal cancer in
a Jehovah’s Witness |
| title_sort | clinical dilemma-management of low rectal cancer in
a jehovah’s witness |
| topic | RD Surgery |
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