Blood donation—altruism or profit?

BMJ

Volumn 312, Issue 7039, 1996, Pages 1114-

  Oakley, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MONEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BLOOD DONATION; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DONORS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; NEW ZEALAND; OBLIGATIONS TO SOCIETY; REMUNERATION; THE GIFT RELATIONSHIP (TITMUSS, R.); THE GIFT RELATIONSHIP: FROM HUMAN BLOOD TO SOCIAL POLICY (TITMUSS, R.); UNITED STATES;

ALTRUISM; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; COMMERCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MOTIVATION;

EID: 0029936823     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7039.1114     Document Type: Editorial

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