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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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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Table of Contents:
- Introduction to the new edition
- AIDS and the gift relationship in the UK
- Transfusion medicine towards the millennium
- Introduction: human blood and social policy
- The transfusion of blood
- The demand for blood in England and Wales and the United States
- The supply of blood in England and Wales and the United States
- The gift
- The characteristics of blood donors in the United States
- The characteristics of blood donors in ENgland and Wales
- Is the gift a good one?
- Blood and the law of the marketplace
- Blood donors in the former Soviet Union and other countries
- A study of blood donor motivation in South Africa
- Economic man: social man
- Who is my stranger?
- The right to give
- A mother's gift: the milk of human kindness
- Afterword
- Pt. I The gift relationship revisited. Ch. 1. Introduction to the new edition / Ann Oakley and John Ashton. Ch. 2. AIDS and the gift relationship in the UK / Virginia Berridge. Ch. 3. Transfusion medicine towards the millennium / Vanessa Martlew
- Pt. II. The gift relationship: from human blood to social policy - Original edition / Richard M. Titmuss. Ch. 4. Introduction: human blood and social policy. Ch. 5. The transfusion of blood. Ch. 6. The demand for blood in England and Wales and the United States. Ch. 7. The supply of blood in England and Wales and the United States. Ch. 8. The gift. Ch. 9. The characteristics of blood donors and the United States. Ch. 10. The characteristics of blood donors in England and Wales. Ch. 11. Is the gift a good one? Ch. 12. Blood and the law of the marketplace. Ch. 13. Blood donors in the former Soviet Union and other countries. Ch. 14. A study of blood donor motivation in South Africa. Ch. 15. Economic man: social man. Ch. 16. Who is my stranger? Ch. 17. The right to give
- Pt. III. The gift relationship: a new beginning. Ch. 18. A mother's gift: the milk of human kindness / Gillian Weaver and A. Susan Williams. Ch. 19. Afterword / Julian Le Grand.
- Pt. I The gift relationship revisited
- Ch. 1. Introduction to the new edition / Ann Oakley and John Ashton
- Ch. 2. AIDS and the gift relationship in the UK / Virginia Berridge
- Ch. 3. Transfusion medicine towards the millennium / Vanessa Martlew
- Pt. II. The gift relationship: from human blood to social policy - Original edition / Richard M. Titmuss
- Ch. 4. Introduction: human blood and social policy
- Ch. 5. The transfusion of blood
- Ch. 6. The demand for blood in England and Wales and the United States
- Ch. 7. The supply of blood in England and Wales and the United States
- Ch. 8. The gift
- Ch. 9. The characteristics of blood donors and the United States
- Ch. 10. The characteristics of blood donors in England and Wales
- Ch. 11. Is the gift a good one?
- Ch. 12. Blood and the law of the marketplace
- Ch. 13. Blood donors in the former Soviet Union and other countries
- Ch. 14. A study of blood donor motivation in South Africa
- Ch. 15. Economic man: social man
- Ch. 16. Who is my stranger?
- Ch. 17. The right to give
- Pt. III. The gift relationship: a new beginning
- Ch. 18. A mother's gift: the milk of human kindness / Gillian Weaver and A. Susan Williams
- Ch. 19. Afterword / Julian Le Grand.