title: Legal issues in blood banking. Elements of informed consent.
abstract: In the past, informed consent in pathology was confined chiefly to autopsies. Changes in both consent law and pathology practice led to consent being important in a broader sense in the laboratory. Areas discussed in this article include blood transfusion, tissue specimens, fine needle aspiration, and phlebotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Sherman
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D035843:Biomedical Research; D001771:Blood Banks / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D001782:Blood Donors; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D030881:Disclosure; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D033221:Jehovah's Witnesses; D016365:Liability, Legal