title: Ethics and blood donation: A marriage of convenience.
abstract: Quality, safety, risks and risk management are currently the leading words in transfusion medicine, and several approaches are necessary to correctly evaluate the fundamental basis of blood transfusion. Ethics is probably the most focused approach with which to examine the inconsistencies and conflicts of interest of the various stakeholders involved in the transfusion medicine field. In this short review, the authors will present some aspects of ethics related to blood transfusion, particularly those involving blood donation.
authors.affiliation: Interregional blood service SRC, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Jean-Daniel
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Tissot
authors.affiliation: Institut national de transfusion sanguine, 6, rue Alexandre-Cabanel, 75015 Paris, France; Université de Lyon/Saint-Étienne, faculté de médecine, 42023 Saint-Etienne cedex 2, France. Electronic address: ogarraud@ints.fr.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Garraud
mesh_terms: D001782:Blood Donors / Q000941:ethics*; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D006801:Humans; D017713:Platelet Transfusion