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The Gift Relationship: From human blood to social policy
The Gift Relationship From human blood to social policy Author:Richard Morris Titmuss Richard M. Titmuss's The Gift Relationship has long been acknowledged as one of the classic texts on social policy. A seemingly straightforward comparative study of blood donating in the United States and Britain, the book elegantly raises profound economic, political, and philosophical questions. Titmuss contrasts the British system of reliance... more » on voluntary donors to the American one in which the blood supply is largely in the hands of for-profit enterprises and shows how a nonmarket system based on altruism is more effective than one that treats human blood as another commodity.« less
ISBN-13: 9780394426303 ISBN-10: 0394426304 Pages:339 Edition:First American Editi Rating: