Ethical and legal considerations concerning blood transfusion refusal;Consideraciones éticas y legales de la negativa a recibir transfusión de sangre

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 132, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 627-632

  Monés, Joan ^a   Terés, Josep ^a  

^a Colegio de Médicos de Barcelona ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL POLICY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; LEGAL PROCEDURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MANDATORY TESTING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RELIGIOUS GROUP; REVIEW; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 67349094554     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2008.09.027     Document Type: Article

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