The Gift Relationship: From Human Blood to Social Policy
by Richard Morris Titmuss, John Ashton (Editor), Ann Oakley (Editor)
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In this reissued classic, Richard Titmuss compares blood donation in the US and UK, contrasting the British system of reliance on voluntary donors to the American one in which the blood supply is in the hands of for-profit enterprises, concluding that a system based on altruism is safer and more economically efficient.Tags
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Ann Oakley is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the UCL Institute of Education. A social researcher for more than 50 years, and author of many academic publications, she is also well known for her biography, autobiography and fiction. She founded both the Social Science Research Unit and the EPPI-Centre at the UCL Institute of Education, show more and has a long-term interest in gender, welfare, and the shaping of public policy. show less
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