Legal and Administrative Issues Related to Transfusion-Free Medicine and Surgery

Transfusion-Free Medicine and Surgery

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-23

  Henderson, Randy ^a   Jabbour, Nicolas ^b   Zeger, Gary ^a,b,c  

^a USC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autologous procedures; Informed consent; Life sustaining treatment; Organ transplantation; Transfusion free medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748292209     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470994788.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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