Risk perception and its role in attitudes toward blood transfusion: A qualitative systematic review

Transfusion Medicine Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 119-128

  Ngo, Ly Thi ^a,b   Bruhn, Roberta ^b   Custer, Brian ^b,c  

^a CANCER PREVENTION INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BLOOD SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCARBON; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE;

ANESTHESIST; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMBASE; EMOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84876122282     PISSN: 08877963     EISSN: 15329496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2013.02.003     Document Type: Review

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