Blood donation practices, motivations and beliefs in Montreal's Black communities: The modern gift under a new light

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 508-529

  Tran, Nathalie Y L ^a   Charbonneau, Johanne ^a   Valderrama Benitez, Valeria ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological citizenship; Black donors; Blood donation; Canada; Gift; Sickle cell anaemia

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DISEASE CONTROL; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; SOCIAL POLICY;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD DONOR; CANADA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEBEC; WEST INDIES;

EID: 84890763437     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2012.734279     Document Type: Article

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