Controversies in hybrid banking: Attitudes of Swiss public umbilical cord blood donors toward private and public banking

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-104

  Manegold, Gwendolin ^a   Meyer Monard, Sandrine ^b   Tichelli, André ^a   Granado, Christina ^a   Hösli, Irene ^a   Troeger, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Central Institute of the Valais Hospitals   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Hybrid banking; Private banking; Public banking; Stem cell research; Umbilical cord blood

Indexed keywords

ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DONOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STEM CELL RESEARCH; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PREGNANCY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEM CELL RESEARCH; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79958840673     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1607-x     Document Type: Article

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