[Medical responsibility]

Transfus Clin Biol. 2008 Nov;15(5):303-6. doi: 10.1016/j.tracli.2008.09.002. Epub 2008 Oct 18.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Blood transfusion is a medical act, which follows the dictates of important rules in medical responsability. The following presentation will mention the legal responsibility of the practitioner throughout the transfusion process: first, giving the patient complete and precise information and geting his full consent; then, writing the appropriate prescription; finally, balancing the benefice and risk of therapy and using reglementation to avoid the practitioner's responsibility to be put at risks.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Blood Transfusion* / ethics
  • Blood Transfusion* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Emergencies
  • France
  • Health Personnel / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Humans
  • Informed Consent / ethics
  • Informed Consent / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Liability, Legal*
  • Physicians / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Prescriptions
  • Treatment Refusal / ethics
  • Treatment Refusal / legislation & jurisprudence