Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: the problem of recipient notification

J Law Med Ethics. 1997 Spring;25(1):34-41, 3. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-720x.1997.tb01394.x.

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.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Blood Banks* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / prevention & control*
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / transmission
  • Disclosure*
  • Ethics, Medical*
  • Humans
  • Liability, Legal*
  • Tissue Donors
  • Tissue and Organ Procurement
  • Truth Disclosure*
  • United States