darkspilver
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U.K. Article: Blood transfusion refusals – why new guidelines aren’t up to scratch
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://theconversation.com/blood-transfusion-refusals-why-new-guidelines-arent-up-to-scratch-70237.
blood transfusion refusals – why new guidelines aren’t up to scratch .
february 22, 2017. blood transfusions are a common and often lifesaving procedure.
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GUYS: The Importance of Keeping Medical Appointments
by compound complex ingreetings, guys:.
all of us -- men and women -- should keep our medical appointments.
i address this post to guys, however, given my own reluctance to go to the doctor.
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It's a big problem, missed appointments - both with the local GP/Doctor and at the Hospital.
One problem I think is when you get appointments months and months in advance for a six-monthly or annual check-up.
I think one way that it is being dealt with is by sending reminder SMS's to the patient's cell phone - but what should the message actually say??
A zero cost way to reduce missed hospital appointments
Published 4 January 2016
Around 1 in 10 hospital outpatient appointments are missed every year in England. Missed appointments can lead to worse patient care and waste NHS resources. Many hospitals send patients a text message reminder before their appointment. These reminders are effective and cheap, but there is no evidence about what they should contain in order to minimise missed appointments.
A randomised controlled trial tested the content of appointment reminders. The best form of words, which told the patients the specific waste to the NHS of not attending, reduced missed appointments by 23% compared to the standard message.
This is an easy innovation for the NHS to apply. Cutting missed appointments at this rate across England’s hospitals could increase NHS productivity.
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Film: "Worldly Girl" ("La Ragazza del Mondo" original Italian title)
by darkspilver inplease note - this is in italian!.
an italian movie - hat tip to room 2015. worldly girl (2016)la ragazza del mondo (original title).
1h 41min, drama romance9 november 2016 (italy).
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darkspilver
Looks like this film is being released in France in early April 2017 under the title L’affranchie
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UK Royal College of Surgeons: Caring for patients who refuse blood
by darkspilver infyi - don't think this has been posted here before.
in november 2016 the royal college of surgeons of england issued the following 40 page booklet:.
https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/library-and-publications/college-publications/docs/caring-for-patients-who-refuse-blood/.
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FYI - don't think this has been posted here before
In November 2016 The Royal College of Surgeons of England issued the following 40 page booklet:
Caring for patients who refuse blood - a guide to good practice
This document provides guidance on the surgical management of Jehovah’s Witnesses and other patients who withhold consent to blood transfusion. It takes into account and expands on the principles set out in Good Surgical Practice (RCS, 2014), Consent: Supported Decision-Making – A Guide to Good Practice (RCS, 2016) as well as guidance from the GMC and NICE, to enable surgeons and their teams to provide high-quality care to Jehovah’s Witness and other patients who refuse blood transfusion while respecting their right to make autonomous decisions about treatment.
It offers information on the current requirements for patient communication and supported decision-making and practical advice to support surgeons in complying with their legal, ethical and regulatory obligations.
Although this guide has been developed primarily for surgeons, most of its recommendations are applicable to other medical specialties.
Clayton O'Neill comments on these guidelines in the article below from February 2017 (Clayton O'Neill is a Lecturer at the UK's Nottingham Trent University. His research interests are in medical law and human rights, particularly the relationship between medical law and the manifestation of religious belief.)
https://theconversation.com/blood-transfusion-refusals-why-new-guidelines-arent-up-to-scratch-70237
Blood transfusion refusals – why new guidelines aren’t up to scratch
Blood transfusions are a common and often lifesaving procedure. However, some groups, such as Jehovah’s Witnesses, forbid blood transfusions on religious grounds. Recently, the Royal College of Surgeons issued new guidelines on what to do when a person rejects a transfusion based on religious belief. However, these guidelines need further clarification to make it easier for surgeons to act fully in line with developments in English law when it comes to children.
In recent years, there has been a move away from paternalistic medicine, where the doctor always knows best, and a move towards “shared-decision making” – a process that is enshrined in English law. This means that the patient is informed of all the risks and, together with the doctor, they make an informed decision.
The issue of transfusion refusals is becoming increasingly important because the population of Jehovah’s Witnesses is growing, as well as people who refuse blood transfusions for reasons unrelated to religion. And the guidelines make a good attempt to give direction to surgeons who have to grapple with potentially life-threatening situations involving the refusal of blood transfusions using a patient-focused approach.
READ MORE: https://theconversation.com/blood-transfusion-refusals-why-new-guidelines-arent-up-to-scratch-70237
Slightly off-topic, not sure if this has been posted here before, so thought I'd just tag it on the bottom here.... rather old and two versions of the same document
The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland have the following 32 page booklet:
Management of Anaesthesia for Jehovah's Witnesses
The first edition of this guidance was published in March 1999 and was received by the members of both the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (the Association) and the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain (the official organisation for British Jehovah’s Witnesses) with some acclaim.
Since then there has been a continuing debate surrounding the ethical and practical consequences of consent for medicine as well as developments in the areas of ‘Oxygen Therapeutics’, blood transfusion medicine and alternative blood sparing technologies.
In his Report for 2003 entitled On the State of Public Health, the UK Department of Health’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Liam Donaldson, stated that he believed too many unnecessary blood transfusions were being given in England. He added, “The gift of blood is too often squandered by unnecessary and inappropriate use”, and expressed concern at the fall in the donor pool (down by one fifth in 4 years). He further suggested that transfusion is unnecessary unless the haemoglobin falls below 7 g/dl, and proposed that only consultants, and not junior staff, should be allowed to order blood and blood products.
READ MORE - 2005 version: https://www.aagbi.org/sites/default/files/Jehovah's%20Witnesses_0.pdf
READ MORE - 1999 version: https://www.aagbi.org/sites/default/files/Jehovah's%20Witness%201999.pdf -
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The Guardian: Australian Catholic church has paid $276m to abuse victims so far, inquiry shows
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/feb/16/australian-catholic-church-has-paid-276m-to-abuse-victims-so-far-inquiry-shows.
royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse releases data showing 4,445 have come forward.
australian associated press.
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FYI the original information for the OP's Guardian web article is available to read in full here:
The monetary aspects are fully explained in both -
Transcripts: Ms Gail Furness opening words from Day 250 - 16 February 2017
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Themes: Data Introduction
http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/documents/case-studies/cs50/20170216-cs50-introduction-4-data-%281%29
For those that prefer to watch and listen rather than read - then please watch the below video (from 30 seconds in, ie: right at the start)
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Here is your typical Kingdom Hall of Jehovah'w Witnesses attendance!
by RULES & REGULATIONS in.
kingdom hall south dakota live stream.....i found this video on youtube.com.
it reminds me of my old kingdom hall where hardly anyone is sitting in the front rows and doesn't seem like they have a large membership.most kingdom halls sit around 200 people at the most and seem to have a hard time filling the seats.. my old congregation had around 45 members when i left 4 years ago.we always seemed to have a hard time meeting the monthly expenses.some months,i was told that some elders would contribute extra money so the congregation would not be in the negative for the month.. how many members did your congregation have while you were still attending and did meet its expenses for the month?.
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RULES & REGULATIONS: Here is your typical Kingdom Hall of Jehovah'w Witnesses attendance!
TBH, I hear what you're saying but remember....
the picture is from Thursday 29 December 2016 - which is the strange time between Xmas and New Year, not really a typical time?
also the picture is from South Dakota which had blizzard conditions just a few days beforehand - travelling on the roads in the evening may not have been such a good idea, so probably not really a typical time?
UnshackleTheChains: It's funny how the front seats are empty in a lot of halls. It's the same at our hall. Empty seats middle front. Everyone preferring to sit towards back and sides.
haha too true
joe134cd: Some body is onto it. The site has been blocked.
You need to click through to watch the video on YouTube - playback on other websites has been disabled by the video owner (that's quite common nowsdays)
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Day 2 - Fessler vs. Watchtower – Thomas Jefferson Jr takes the stand in Jehovah’s Witness Child Abuse Trial
by darkspilver inday two (wednesday 8 february 2017).
see also posts and threads regarding: pre-trial / day one / day one update / day five (last day, settlement).
jefferson: not totally.. zeff: okay.
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Fisherman: Does anyone know what the Complaint states is the compensation Stephanie said she wanted in this case?
See my previous post in the Pre-trial thread
here: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6267861758640128/_post/5933969658871808
You can see the article on the PennLive website, which also links through at the court documents
Anyway, it was $1.9 million
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Bethel Library moving to Warwick, are older items 'vanishing'
by Lostandfound inin a post re dates etc from fatfreek reference was made to huge library at bethel with items dating back to pastor rs day.
like the year 1975 which has vanished from wt theology, are gb using move to let them put all old and inconvenient items into some sort of cold storage and off library shelves.
already the revelation book has gone from the orgs website, and that was quite recent relatively, we studied it 3 times at congregation book study, yet now, like type and antitype it mysteriously was never there.
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Still Totally ADD: I remember when I was doing temp. work at bethel and was starting to wake up there was a post that said the Wt. Maz. Still had the cross on the front cover up to 1943 or 1944... Guess what I found? What was brought out here was true. This was important information for me because I was taught the Wt. stop using the cross around 1920 or so.
Exactly.
It is very impotant that old literature remains available, and is not thrown away or destroyed
Yearbook 1975, page 148
Concerning the wearing of 'cross and crown pins,' Lily R. Parnell comments: "This to Brother Rutherford’s mind was Babylonish and should be discontinued. He told us that when we went to the people's homes and began to talk, that was the witness in itself." Accordingly, reflecting on the 1928 Bible Students convention in Detroit, Michigan, Brother Suiter writes: "At the assembly the cross and crown emblems were shown to be not only unnecessary but objectionable. So we discarded these items of jewelry." Some three years thereafter, beginning with its issue of October 15, 1931, The Watchtower no longer bore the cross and crown symbol on its cover.
Watchtower Masthead 1 October 1931 - with cross
Watchtower Masthead 15 October 1931 - without cross -
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USA: NYPD undercover cop resigns as he struggles with grief from killing innocent man
by darkspilver infrom the new york daily post - tuesday 21 february 2017, page 14. the headline in the newspaper is: exclusive - cop quits in grief - undercover traumatized over killing innocent man.
nypd undercover cop resigns as he struggles with grief from killing innocent man.
an undercover cop who fatally shot a bystander during a gun-buy operation has resigned from the nypd — too distraught to remain on the force, the daily news has learned.. the former detective, who sources say suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder, left the nypd in october with a tax-free disability pension.
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blondie: So if that guy he shot had been Catholic,it wouldn't have bothered the cop? Less if it had been a Catholic or Protestant man?
In the post title I replaced the last word 'man' with 'JW' - this was to make it more obviously relevant in terms of news to this specific forum.
But I'm listening to you..... I have therefore edited the post title back to the generic 'man' as per the web article, but have now bolded the section of the news article that highlights that the innocent bystander who died was a JW.
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USA: NYPD undercover cop resigns as he struggles with grief from killing innocent man
by darkspilver infrom the new york daily post - tuesday 21 february 2017, page 14. the headline in the newspaper is: exclusive - cop quits in grief - undercover traumatized over killing innocent man.
nypd undercover cop resigns as he struggles with grief from killing innocent man.
an undercover cop who fatally shot a bystander during a gun-buy operation has resigned from the nypd — too distraught to remain on the force, the daily news has learned.. the former detective, who sources say suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder, left the nypd in october with a tax-free disability pension.
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From The New York Daily Post - Tuesday 21 February 2017, page 14
The headline in the newspaper is: Exclusive - Cop quits in grief - Undercover traumatized over killing innocent man
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nypd-quits-grief-killing-innocent-man-article-1.2977727
NYPD undercover cop resigns as he struggles with grief from killing innocent man
An undercover cop who fatally shot a bystander during a gun-buy operation has resigned from the NYPD — too distraught to remain on the force, the Daily News has learned.
The former detective, who sources say suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder, left the NYPD in October with a tax-free disability pension. He now lives out of state after being a city cop for a decade.
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He wasn’t charged in the 2015 shooting of 61-year-old Felix Kumi. And earlier this month, the NYPD ruled the shooting did not violate department guidelines.
“But the fact is he killed an innocent man,” said a police source familiar with the investigation. “That’s extremely difficult to deal with.”
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Kumi, who was walking nearby, was hit twice by errant bullets in the Aug. 28, 2015, incident. A married father of two and devout Jehovah’s Witness, he died at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx the next day.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nypd-quits-grief-killing-innocent-man-article-1.2977727
See also:
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nypd-chief-shot-bystander-mount-vernon-article-1.2343911
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/family-mt-vernon-bystander-killed-sting-sue-nyc-article-1.2757061
And also see:
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5185901651034112/_post/6332375390748672
