Informed consent for blood transfusion: What do medicine residents tell? What do patients understand?

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 559-565

  Friedman, Mark ^a   Arja, Wajih ^a   Batra, Rashmi ^a   Daniel, Sugganth ^b   Hoehn, Daniela ^c   Paniz, Alberto Mondolfi ^d   Selegean, Sorin ^e   Slova, Denisa ^f   Srivastava, Swati ^g   Vergara, Norge ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Department of Medicine   (United States)

^g DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Informed consent; Survey

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TELECONSULTATION; WOUND HEALING;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84866995983     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP2TN5ODJLYGQR     Document Type: Article

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