The ethics of blood management

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-102

  Sazama, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood management; Ethics; Informed consent; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

BENEFICENCE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; JUSTICE; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIGION; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; HUMANS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 33846923099     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2006.00867.x     Document Type: Review

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