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Richard J. Sassetti, MD
Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke's Medical Center Chicago, Ill

JAMA. 1989;262(20):2833.

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To the Editor. —

I read with interest the 1989 CONTEMPO issue¹ of JAMA and enjoyed its broad but concise review of the most recent issues in each of the medical specialties. Because of my special interest in blood transfusion, and in light of the widespread concern and the resultant changing practices relating to it, I immediately looked for the new section on transfusion medicine. Disappointed in not finding one, I then looked to see how each author chose to deal with the problems of transfusion medicine as they relate to each of the relevant specialties. To my chagrin, none of these important issues was addressed by any of the authors. This was disconcerting in that I counted 18 specialties in which transfusion is a significant component and in which there has been activity related to a concern about the safety and therefore most appropriate use of blood components. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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