Consent for blood transfusion: Do patients understand the risks and benefits?

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 269-273

  Cheung, D ^a   Lieberman, L ^b,c   Lin, Y ^a,c   Callum, J ^a,c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

blood transfusion; informed consent; patient education; patient satisfaction; video

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT COMFORT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 85006482103     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tme.12141     Document Type: Article

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