Blood donation, Payment, and non-cash incentives: Classical questions drawing renewed interest

Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 329-339

  Buyx, Alena M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Blood donation; Choice architecture; Incentives; Medical ethics

Indexed keywords

BLOOD DONOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; REWARD;

EID: 70449441522     PISSN: 16603796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000235608     Document Type: Note

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