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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">abc</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">Arq. Bras. Cardiol.</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">0066-782X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">1678-4170</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC</publisher-name>
        <publisher-loc>S&#227;o Paulo, SP, Brazil</publisher-loc>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id" specific-use="scielo-v1">S0066-782X(13)10100100015</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5935/abc.20130133</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Carta ao Editor</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Enquete: Testemunha de Jeov&#225; entre cardiologistas nas regi&#245;es da baixada santista e do ABC paulista</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Mendes Neto</surname>
            <given-names>Antonio</given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Grinberg</surname>
            <given-names>Max</given-names>
          </name>
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      <aff id="aff01">
        <addr-line>
          <named-content content-type="city">Guaruj&#225;</named-content>
          <named-content content-type="state"/>
        </addr-line>
        <institution content-type="orgname">Cl&#237;nica Santa Rita</institution>
        <country country="BR">Brazil</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="aff02">
        <addr-line>
          <named-content content-type="city">S&#227;o Paulo</named-content>
          <named-content content-type="state">S&#227;o Paulo</named-content>
        </addr-line>
        <institution content-type="orgname">Universidade de S&#227;o Paulo</institution>
        <institution content-type="orgdiv1">Instituto do Cora&#231;&#227;o </institution>
        <country country="BR">Brazil</country>
      </aff>
      <pub-date date-type="collection" publication-format="electronic">
        <month>07</month>
        <year>2013</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>101</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>95</fpage>
      <lpage>95</lpage>
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        <license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" xml:lang="en">
          <license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.</license-p>
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      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub">
        <day>31</day>
        <month>07</month>
        <year>2013</year>
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    <p>
      <bold>CARTA AO EDITOR</bold>
    </p>
    <p>
      <bold>Enquete: Testemunha de Jeov&#225; entre cardiologistas nas regi&#245;es da baixada santista e do ABC paulista</bold>
    </p>
    <p>
      <bold>Antonio Mendes Neto<sup>I</sup>; Max Grinberg<sup>II</sup></bold>
    </p>
    <p><sup>I</sup>Cl&#237;nica Santa Rita, Guaruj&#225; </p>
    <p><sup>II</sup>Instituto do Cora&#231;&#227;o da Universidade de S&#227;o Paulo, S&#227;o Paulo, SP - Brasil</p>
    <p>
      <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="end">Correspond&#234;ncia</xref>
    </p>
    <p><bold>Palavras-chave:</bold> Estat&#237;sticas Ambientais, Testemunhas de Jeov&#225;, Bio&#233;tica.</p>
    <p>
      <bold>Senhor editor,</bold>
    </p>
    <p>Cresce na literatura m&#233;dica, nacional e internacional<sup>1-3</sup>, os artigos que focam a bio&#233;tica na delibera&#231;&#227;o sobre conduta. Ponto relevante &#233; o potencial de conflito entre o benef&#237;cio (ponto de vista do m&#233;dico prudente e zeloso) e a autonomia do paciente (em fun&#231;&#227;o de suas prefer&#234;ncias e valores). Uma dessas realidades &#233; o atendimento ao paciente Testemunha de Jeov&#225; (pTJ) na circunst&#226;ncia de a transfus&#227;o da sangue ter indica&#231;&#227;o cl&#237;nica inconteste. Grinberg e Chehaibar<sup>4</sup> observaram que apenas 56,7% dos cardiologistas brasileiros entrevistados aceitam cuidar de pTJ e que 40% dos mesmos n&#227;o transfundiriam sangue em nenhuma hip&#243;tese.</p>
    <p>Pesquisa id&#234;ntica que realizamos entre 85 cardiologistas afiliados &#224;s regionais ABC e Santos da Sociedade de Cardiologia do Estado de S&#227;o Paulo revelou, em compara&#231;&#227;o com a nacional, maior percentual, n&#227;o somente de colegas que aceitam tratar de pTJ (65,9%), como tamb&#233;m dos que, entre estes, n&#227;o transfundiriam sangue em nenhuma hip&#243;tese (47,3%). Aspecto relevante foi a identifica&#231;&#227;o de uma tend&#234;ncia dos cardiologistas mais jovens (&lt; 50 anos) de aceitar cuidar do pTJ e n&#227;o praticar a transfus&#227;o de sangue, em rela&#231;&#227;o aos de mais idade.</p>
    <p>Os dados sugerem que, nessas regi&#245;es do estado de S&#227;o Paulo, a inclus&#227;o mais recente dos jovens cardiologistas inclina-se a menor refratariedade ao atendimento a pTJ e a maior toler&#226;ncia &#224; cren&#231;a religiosa.</p>
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      <fn id="end" fn-type="corresp">
        <label>
          <bold>Correspond&#234;ncia:</bold>
        </label>
        <p> Antonio Mendes Neto </p>
        <p> Rua Montenegro 41, Vila Maia </p>
        <p> Guaruja, SP, Brasil. CEP - 11410-040 </p>
        <p> E-mail: </p>
        <p><email xlink:href="amneto@cardiol.br">amneto@cardiol.br</email>, </p>
        <p>
          <email xlink:href="drneto@uol.com.br">drneto@uol.com.br</email>
        </p>
      </fn>
    </p>
    <p>Artigo recebido em 30/1/13; revisado em 31/1/13; aceito em 14/2/13.</p>
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          <subject>Letter to the Editor</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title xml:lang="en">Poll: Jehovah's Witness patient among baixada santista and ABC paulista cardiologists</article-title>
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      <p>
        <bold>LETTER TO THE EDITOR</bold>
      </p>
      <p>
        <fn id="enda-body2">
          <label>
            <bold>Poll - Jehovah's Witness patient among baixada santista and ABC paulista cardiologists</bold>
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          <p>
            <bold>Antonio Mendes Neto<sup>I</sup>; Max Grinberg<sup>II</sup></bold>
          </p>
        </fn>
      </p>
      <p><sup>I</sup>Cl&#237;nica Santa Rita, Guaruj&#225;</p>
      <p><sup>II</sup>Instituto do Cora&#231;&#227;o da Universidade de S&#227;o Paulo, S&#227;o Paulo, SP - Brazil</p>
      <p>Mailing Address</p>
      <p><bold>Keywords:</bold> Environmental Statistics; Jehovah's Witnesses; Bioethics.</p>
      <p>
        <bold>Dear Editor,</bold>
      </p>
      <p>In the national and international<sup>1-3</sup> medical literature, there is a growing number of manuscripts that focus on bioethics on the medical conduct. A relevant point is the potential for conflict between the benefit (the standpoint of a prudent and diligent doctor) and the patients' autonomy (depending on their preferences and values). One of these realities is the health care to Jehovah's Witness (JW) where the transfusion of blood has an undisputable clinical indication. Grinberg and Chehaibar<sup>4</sup> observed that only 56.7% of the Brazilian cardiologists interviewed accept to provide health care to JW and 40% of them would not transfuse blood under any circumstances.</p>
      <p>An identical research study we conducted with 85 cardiologists affiliated with the regional branches of ABC and Santos of the Cardiology Society of the State of S&#227;o Paulo revealed, compared with the national headquarters of the Society of Cardiology, a higher percentage of colleagues who accept to provide health care to JW (65.9%) and those who, among them, would not transfuse blood under any circumstances (47.3%). A significant aspect was the identification of a trend of young cardiologists (&gt; 50 years old) whose accepted to provide health care to JW and not performing blood transfusion compared to older cardiologists.</p>
      <p>The data suggests that in these regions of the state of S&#227;o Paulo the more recent inclusion of young cardiologists leads to a slighter resistance to provide health care to JW and greater tolerance to religious belief.</p>
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        <bold>References</bold>
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