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| TITLE: |
The organ donor experience : good samaritans and the meaning of altruism / Katrina A. Bramstedt and Rena Down. |
| AUTHOR: |
Bramstedt, Katrina A. |
| PUBLISHED: |
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c2011. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
ix, 201 p. ; 24 cm. |
| NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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"Organ donors are, by definition, altruists, and their act is even more generous when they remain anonymous. But altruism doesn’t tell the whole story. There are myriad motivations, some subconscious, some conscious, that compel people to donate a part of themselves to someone they don’t know. |
| SUBJECT: |
Organ donors. |
| SUBJECT: |
Organ donors--Psychology. |
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Generosity. |
| SUBJECT: |
Donation of organs, tissues, etc. |
| SUBJECT: |
Tissue Donors--Popular Works. |
| SUBJECT: |
Organ Transplantation--Popular Works. |
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