The gift relationship : from human blood to social policy /
While presenting a comparative study of blood donating in the United States and Britain, The Gift Relationship also raises profound economic, political, and philosophical questions. Titmuss contrasts the British system of reliance on voluntary donors to the American one in which the blood supply is...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
New Press,
[1997], ©1997
New York : c1997 |
| Edition: | Original ed., with new chapters / edited by Ann Oakley and John Ashton |
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| Summary: | While presenting a comparative study of blood donating in the United States and Britain, The Gift Relationship also raises profound economic, political, and philosophical questions. Titmuss contrasts the British system of reliance on voluntary donors to the American one in which the blood supply is largely in the hands of for-profit enterprises and shows how a nonmarket system based on altruism is more effective than one that treats human blood as another commodity. First released in 1970, The Gift Relationship is even more topical now in an age of AIDS and changing health care policy |
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| Physical Description: | 360 p. ; 22 cm viii, 360 p viii, 360 pages |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 340-345) and index Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 1565844033 9781565844032 |