PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - A. Mullens
TI  - Concern mounts as transfusion medicine loses its lustre
DP  - 1998 Jun 02
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 1499--1502
VI  - 158
IP  - 11
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/158/11/1499.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/158/11/1499.full
SO  - CMAJ1998 Jun 02; 158
AB  - Transfusion medicine is in trouble. Several factors, ranging from the tainted-blood scandal to changes in the way the system operates, mean that young physicians are avoiding the specialty. Dr. Antonio Giulivi of the Red Cross says the issue is serious because these specialists act as the system's overseers, and this fact won't change when the Red Cross gets out of the blood business in September.