BACKGROUND Confidential unit exclusion remains a controversial strategy to reduce the residual risk of transfusion-transmitted infections. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to analyze confidential unit exclusion from its development in a large institution in light of confidential donation confirmation. METHODS Data of individuals who donated from October 1, 2008 to December 31, 2009 were analyzed ...

The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes among American Indians and to compare self-reported information collected under two computer interview conditions: an "anonymous" (N = 183) versus a "confidential" (N = 210) format. Results indicated that under 10% in both groups reported either use of cigarettes or other drugs of abuse,...

Anthropological interest in secrecy and silence – related aspects such as lying, knowledge, memory, forgetting has been long precarious. Through what may be called personal anthropology, this article, I describe both private professional anthropological experiences including family memories, fieldwork sites, academic practices. By recalling state socialist ideology, censorship, secrets, illustr...