Responses by pregnant Jehovah's witnesses on health care proxies

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 541-544

  Gyamfi, Cynthia ^a   Berkowitz, Richard L ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; DELIVERY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN DISEASE; PARITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW; ARTICLE; PATIENT ATTITUDE;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 16244388226     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000135276.25886.8e     Document Type: Review

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