title: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: the problem of recipient notification.
abstract: Considers the legal and ethical obligations of blood suppliers to warn recipients of blood products about possible contamination of the blood supply with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare but fatal neurological disease.
authors.affiliation: MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago Department of Medicine, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: DuVal
mesh_terms: D001771:Blood Banks / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D030881:Disclosure; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014481:United States