The consensus development process in transfusion medicine: Does it add value?

Transfusion

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2176-2179

  Sher, Graham D ^a   Devine, Dana V ^a  

^a CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SCREENING TEST;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS;

EID: 36348937779     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01540.x     Document Type: Editorial

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