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- Title
Blood sampling from dying patients: an ethical dilemma.
- Authors
Magelssen, Morten; Åsten, Pamela; Godal, Ellen; Os, Eirik; Smith, Anders; Solås, Hanne Rusten; Hem, Marit Helene
- Abstract
The article presents a case study which discusses the ethical aspect of blood sampling from dying patients. It states that the study examines the role of biomedical laboratory scientists regarding the purposeless blood sampling of the patients who are in the last stages of the diseases. It also mentions that blood samples usually insignificant in the care of patients who are in a terminal phase and are expected to die in a short interval of time.
- Subjects
BLOOD sampling; TERMINALLY ill; MEDICAL ethics; MEDICAL scientists; LABORATORY personnel; MEDICAL care
- Publication
Clinical Ethics, 2012, Vol 7, Issue 3, p107
- ISSN
1477-7509
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1258/ce.2012.012022