Richard M. Titmuss’s The Gift Relationship has long been acknowledged as one of the classic texts on social policy. Honored by the New York Times as one of the ten most important books of the year when it first appeared in 1970, Titmuss’s The Gift Relationship is even more topical now in an age of AIDS and changing health care 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 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.
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR001158634
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Book Description Condition: Very Good. 1971. Paperback. Ex Libris with usual markings. Clean copy with some minor shelf wear, minor edge wear and light sunning to cover and spine, remains a very good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # KKD0014541
Book Description Condition: Very Good. 1971. Paperback. Ex Libris with usual markings. Clean copy with some minor shelf wear, minor edge wear and light sunning to cover and spine, remains a very good copy. . . . . Seller Inventory # KKD0014541