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Exploring ways to retain first-time volunteer blood donors

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A study of ways to retain first-time volunteer blood donors is analyzed, with the prupose of determining if special letters of request or incentives would inc rease blood donations during the 14-month study period. These interventions seemed to be too passive, as there was no statistically significant difference between the study groups.

Author: Royse, David
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Research on Social Work Practice
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1049-7315
Year: 1999
Management, Donation of organs, tissues, etc., Tissue donation, Blood banks

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Experts as 'storytellers' in reproductive genetics: exploring key issues

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Issues concerning experts in prenatal genetic screening as engaging in storytelling when they tell about the families they see in their work. The normative strategies employed by the experts in making their claims and the impact of the claims they contruct are covered.

Author: Ettorre, Elizabeth
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Sociology of Health & Illness
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0141-9889
Year: 1999
Research, Medical genetics, Reproductive technology

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