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‘Someone else’s blood’: directed blood donation for neonatal transfusion and parental perceptions of risk

Rachel Barrett UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science, University College Dublin, Ireland; Health Research Board, Dublin, IrelandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Nancy Heddle McMaster Transfusion Research Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Haresh Kirpalani Division of Neonatology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Ronald G. Moore UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science, University College Dublin, Ireland
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Emmy Arnold McMaster Transfusion Research Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Prakesh S. Shah Department of Paediatrics and HPME, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Anthony Staines DCU School of Nursing, Dublin City University, Ireland
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Pages 837-845 | Received 25 Jun 2010, Accepted 21 Feb 2011, Published online: 31 May 2011

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