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Showing posts with label Blood Service. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blood Service. Show all posts

Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Response: No Blood Money

For an outstanding analysis of the importance of giving blood free read "The Gift Relationship: From Human Blood to Social Policy" by Richard Titmuss. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0GER/is_1998_Spring/ai_53885036/

Saturday, 28 May 2011

No to blood money: Founder's vision for blood service

As privatisation of the national blood service still looms, it is worth remembering that the founder of the service did so to ensure blood was donated for the common good, rather than money.