Defining and measuring blood donor altruism: a theoretical approach from biology, economics and psychology

Background and Objectives While blood donation is traditionally described as a behaviour motivated by pure altruism, the assessment of altruism in the blood donation literature has not been theoretically informed. Drawing on theories of altruism from psychology, economics and evolutionary biology,...

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Main Authors: Evans, R., Ferguson, E.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley 2014
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2888/