The gift relationship : from human blood to social policy /
Richard Titmuss (1907-1973) was a pioneer in the field of social administration (now social policy). In 'The Gift Relationship', Titmuss compares blood donations in the US and UK, contrasting the British system of reliance on voluntary donors to the American one in which the blood supply i...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol, UK :
Policy Press,
2018.
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1918482 |
| Summary: | Richard Titmuss (1907-1973) was a pioneer in the field of social administration (now social policy). In 'The Gift Relationship', Titmuss compares blood donations in the US and UK, contrasting the British system of reliance on voluntary donors to the American one in which the blood supply is in the hands of for-profit enterprises. He concludes that a system based on altruism is both safer and more economically efficient. |
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| Item Description: | Includes new introduction. Originally published in Great Britain in 1970 by George Allen and Unwin Ltd. Second edition published in 1997 by LSE Books. This edition [third edition?] published in 2018 by Polity Press. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781447349594 1447349598 9781447349570 |