Nurses' practice of blood transfusion in the United Arab Emirates: An observational study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 23-24, 2010, Pages 3347-3357

  Hijji, Belal ^a   Parahoo, Kader ^b   Hossain, Mohammad M ^c   Barr, Owen ^b   Murray, Shirley ^d  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^d Regional Coordinator of Haemovigilance Services for Northern Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Blood; Nurses; Nursing; Observations; Practice; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649590013     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03383.x     Document Type: Article

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