How do i allocate blood products at the end of life? An ethical analysis with suggested guidelines

Transfusion

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 696-700

  Smith, Lauren B ^a   Cooling, Laura ^a   Davenport, Robertson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE; ETHICS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCHOOL CHILD; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; THROMBOCYTE;

ADULT; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; CHILD; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TERMINAL CARE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84876131793     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03658.x     Document Type: Article

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