Differences in the perception of blood transfusion risk between laypeople and physicians

Transfusion

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 772-778

  Lee, D H ^a   Mehta, M D ^b   James, P D ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIANS; RISK;

EID: 0038689052     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2003.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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