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Jehovah’s Witness Patients: Interventions for Successful Stem Cell Transplantation Without Blood Product Transfusions for Hematologic Malignancies

Amanda Park
Sandra Rome
Raymond Gantioque
CJON 2019, 23(4), 364-369 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.364-369
Background: Jehovah’s Witnesses are members of a religion that prohibits them from accepting blood product transfusions. This refusal makes them a particularly compelling population in the context of hematologic malignancies and stem cell transplantation, because blood product transfusions are a...
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Australian Indigenous Communities: Efforts to Improve Cancer Care

Allison Drosdowsky
Jacqueline Mathieson
Donna Milne
CJON 2019, 23(4), 443-446 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.443-446
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the Indigenous inhabitants of Australia who face many inequities regarding cancer care and outcomes. They are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer than non-Indigenous Australians and have not experienced the improvement in survival that non-...
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Developing Community-Academic Partnerships to Enhance Breast Health Among Rural and Hispanic Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Women

Cathy D. Meade
Arlene Calvo
ONF 2001, 1577-1584 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To examine effective strategies for building community-academic partnerships for the promotion of breast cancer education and outreach among rural and Hispanic migrant and seasonal farmworker women, mostly from Mexican descent. Data Sources: Published research and education...
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Accept Me for Myself: African American Women’s Issues After Breast Cancer

Margaret Chamberlain Wilmoth
L. Delores Sanders
ONF 2001, 875-879 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To identify the personal issues and concerns of African American women who are breast cancer survivors. Design: Exploratory. Setting: Southeastern United States; urban community. Sample : A total of 24 women were recruited from churches and the community; 16 women participated...
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Caring Demands and Delay in Seeking Care in African American Women Newly Diagnosed With Breast Cancer: An Ethnographic, Photographic Study

Marie F. Gates
Nancy R. Lackey
Gwendolyn Brown
ONF 2001, 529-537 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To describe the caring behaviors and demands of African American women newly diagnosed with breast cancer and to consider the influence of caring on the women’s decision to delay prompt diagnosis and maintain continuing treatment. Design: Focused ethnographic design using...
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