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  Canadian current and former JWs questioning the blood issue

  by Lee Elder in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i was interviewed yesterday by stephen smith at the cbc.

  he would also like to interview other current and former jws, along with any elders or hlc members who are questioning the blood policy.here is his contact information:stephen smithweb journalistcbc montreal1-141-62251-514-597-6225email: [email protected] you think you might be a good candidate, you may contact him directly.

  he has agreed to maintain anonymity for those who need it.thanks,lee.

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  Lee Elder

  No - I'm in the U.S.
  
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  Canadian current and former JWs questioning the blood issue

  by Lee Elder in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i was interviewed yesterday by stephen smith at the cbc.

  he would also like to interview other current and former jws, along with any elders or hlc members who are questioning the blood policy.here is his contact information:stephen smithweb journalistcbc montreal1-141-62251-514-597-6225email: [email protected] you think you might be a good candidate, you may contact him directly.

  he has agreed to maintain anonymity for those who need it.thanks,lee.

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  Lee Elder

  I was interviewed yesterday by Stephen Smith at the CBC. He would also like to interview other current and former JWs, along with any elders or HLC members who are questioning the blood policy.
  
  Here is his contact information:
  Stephen Smith
  Web journalist
  CBC Montreal
  1-141-6225
  1-514-597-6225
  Email: [email protected]
  
  If you think you might be a good candidate, you may contact him directly. He has agreed to maintain anonymity for those who need it.
  
  Thanks,
  
  Lee
  
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  Cult expert on Jehovah's Witnesses and Blood

  by Lee Elder in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  cult expert steven hassan analyzes the death of young canadian jw mother: https://freedomofmind.com/…/2016/10/21/a-watchtower-tragedy/.

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  Lee Elder

  Yeah, I don't think you'd see that kind of coverage in the U.S. Hopefully, something positive can come out of it.
  
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  Cult expert on Jehovah's Witnesses and Blood

  by Lee Elder in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  cult expert steven hassan analyzes the death of young canadian jw mother: https://freedomofmind.com/…/2016/10/21/a-watchtower-tragedy/.

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  Lee Elder

  Cult expert Steven Hassan analyzes the death of young Canadian JW mother: https://freedomofmind.com/…/2016/10/21/a-watchtower-tragedy/
  
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  FYI, Eloise Dupuis, 27, a JW, died last Wednesday in a Quebec hospital because she refused a blood transfusion

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i just received the following message from a friend this morning.. barbara.

  eloise dupuis, 27 years old, died at the hotel dieu hospital in lévis, quebec, canada, wednesday, october 12th.

  she died because of her religious principles.

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  Lee Elder

  Very sad news. Thank you for posting Barbara. We will link to your post from our Facebook page.
  
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  Lessons learned from the outcome of bloodless emergency laparotomies on Jehovah’s Witness women

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  the wt has promoted bloodless surgery as a viable (and better) alternative to surgery with blood transfusions.. i have found a medical study that has been used to back up these "evidence based" claims.

  the title of the article is lessons learned from the outcome of bloodless emergency.

  these mostly indigent patients died of peritonitis becauseof delays in payment for antibiotics.

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  Lee Elder

  Assuming your findings are correct, this is the kind of thing that needs to be responded to imo. The peer review process is supposed to catch this sort of thing. It may be that the simple disclosure of it was deemed sufficient, and the real problem lies with how the information is then used or selectively cited to support WT policy. Its a nice catch for sure. We need to talk.
  
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  Canadian Medical Doctor Exposes Dr. Aryeh Shander's Faulty Bloodless Research

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  in the june 2016 issue of cmaj, dr. hebert published an article, survival without transfusion is possible but not recommended for all, that critiques dr. aryeh shander's research study outcomes of protocol-driven care of critically ill severely anemic patients for whom blood transfusion is not an option, published in critical care medicine 2016. .

  http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/citation/2016/06000/survival_without_transfusion_is_possible_but_not.31.aspx.

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26807684.

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  Lee Elder

  Was not aware of this. I suppose it really should not come as a surprise. Thanks.
  
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  My sources say Jr brown has died

  by poopie in

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  2. friends

  end of era.

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  Lee Elder

  Definitely not a fan....off to his reward.
  
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  How to Fade - The Basics!

  by The Searcher in

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  2. friends

  this really works.

  i've already applied the basics of this with one elder who "offered" us a shepherding visit.

  we've been totally ignored since!!!

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  Lee Elder

  Good advice for sure. Would just add another twist that can be used. If you get into a spat with someone in the congregation, you can always play the "stumbled card". Leave, move to a new hall - preferably 15-20 miles away. Attend briefly, then decide you need to care for personal matters, etc. They will not be inclined to make shepherding calls when they have to drive that far.
  
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  JW child first pediatric patient to receive acute normovolemic hemodilution - 1970

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  acute normovolemic hemodilution.

  hemodilution simply refers to the process of diluting the blood with another substance.

  there are various ways that this is done before, during and after the surgical process.

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  Lee Elder

  Very interesting bit of history, which demonstrates how hard doctors have worked with JWs and the Watchtower to try and save lives. That has certainly pushed the technology forward, but that progress has come at the cost of too many lives as you know. Well done.