Ambiguity leads to uncertainty: Ambiguous demands to blood donors

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 74-77

  Lindstrøm, Torill Christine ^a   Røsvik, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Blood donors; Immunological window period; Standard questionnaire

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LIFESTYLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCIENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEMANTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037335148     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-6712.2003.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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