Prosocial motivation and blood donations: A survey of the empirical literature

Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 149-154

  Goette, Lorenz ^a   Stutzer, Alois ^b   Frey, Beat M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Blood Transfusion Service SRC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood donation; Donors; Incentives; Prosocial motivations

Indexed keywords

BLOOD DONOR; ECONOMICS; MOTIVATION; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW;

EID: 77953798740     PISSN: 16603796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314737     Document Type: Review

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