The rights of blood recipients should supersede any asserted rights of blood donors

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 280-286

  Brooks, Jay P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood bank responsibilities; Donor rights; Recipient rights

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECIPIENT; RESPONSIBILITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT RIGHTS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 10344250937     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2004.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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