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

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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
Subjects:	altruism; blood donors; motivation; reciprocity; recruitment
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2888/

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