The Gift Relationship (Reissue): From Human Blood to Social Policy

Richard Titmuss

doi:10.46692/9781447349594

In this reissued classic, Richard Titmuss compares blood donation 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, concluding that a system based on altruism is safer and more economically efficient.

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii
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Contents
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Editorial preface
pp v-v
- By Ann Oakley
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New introduction
pp vi-xi
- By John Stewart
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List of tables
pp xii-xiv
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Preface
pp xv-xvi
- By Richard M. Titmuss
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1 - Introduction: human blood and social policy
pp 1-4
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2 - The transfusion of blood
pp 5-18
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3 - The demand for blood in England and Wales and the United States
pp 19-26
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4 - The supply of blood in England and Wales and the United States
pp 27-52
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5 - The gift
pp 53-71
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6 - The characteristics of blood donors in the United States
pp 72-98
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7 - The characteristics of blood donors in England and Wales
pp 99-117
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8 - Is the gift a good one?
pp 118-131
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9 - Blood and the law of the marketplace
pp 132-144
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10 - Blood donors in the Soviet Union and other countries
pp 145-157
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11 - A study of blood donor motivation in South Africa
pp 158-163
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12 - Economic man: social man
pp 164-175
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13 - Who is my stranger?
pp 176-201
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14 - The right to give
pp 202-210
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Appendix 1 - Notes on blood and blood transfusion services in England and Wales
pp 211-223
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Appendix 2 - Notes on the use of blood in the United States and England and Wales in 1956
pp 224-226
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Appendix 3 - Regional statistics for England and Wales, 1951–65
pp 227-238
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Appendix 4 - The Donor Survey: The characteristics of Donors
pp 239-263
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Appendix 5 - Donor survey questionnaire
pp 264-266
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Appendix 6 - Analysis of blood donor motives
pp 267-281
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Appendix 7 - Acknowledgements
pp 282-287
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Endnotes
pp 288-320
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Bibliography
pp 321-324
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Index
pp 325-338
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