Phlebotomist interpersonal skill predicts a reduction in reactions among volunteer blood donors

Transfusion

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1394-1401

  Stewart, Kendra Ray ^b   France, Christopher R ^a   Rader, Aaron W ^b   Stewart, Jesse C ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PHLEBOTOMIST; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; WELLBEING;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLOOD DONORS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; PHLEBOTOMY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RED CROSS;

EID: 33746357548     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00908.x     Document Type: Article

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