Richard Titmuss was Professor of Social Administration at the LSE from 1950 until his death in 1973. He played an important role in establishing social policy and administration as scientific disciplines both in this country and internationally: his thinking and writing helped to shape the British Welfare State. He was also an influential teacher and adviser to the British Labour party and many governments abroad. His publications span diverse subjects including social class inequalities in health and disease; demography; income distribution and social change; the cost of the National Health Service; and the economic and moral aspects of blood donation..

• New introduction;Introduction: human blood and social policy;The transfusion of blood;The demand for blood in England and Wales and the United States;The supply of blood in England and Wales and the United States;The gift;The characteristics of blood donors in the United States;The characteristics of blood donors in England and Wales; Is the gift a good one?;Blood and the law of the marketplace;Blood donors in the former Soviet Union and other countries; A study of blood donor motivation in South Africa;Economic man: social man;Who is my stranger?;The right to give.

Richard Titmuss was Professor of Social Administration at the LSE from 1950 until his death in 1973. He played an important role in establishing social policy and administration as scientific disciplines both in this country and internationally: his thinking and writing helped to shape the British Welfare State. He was also an influential teacher and adviser to the British Labour party and many governments abroad. His publications span diverse subjects including social class inequalities in health and disease; demography; income distribution and social change; the cost of the National Health Service; and the economic and moral aspects of blood donation..

• New introduction;Introduction: human blood and social policy;The transfusion of blood;The demand for blood in England and Wales and the United States;The supply of blood in England and Wales and the United States;The gift;The characteristics of blood donors in the United States;The characteristics of blood donors in England and Wales; Is the gift a good one?;Blood and the law of the marketplace;Blood donors in the former Soviet Union and other countries; A study of blood donor motivation in South Africa;Economic man: social man;Who is my stranger?;The right to give.

Richard Titmuss was Professor of Social Administration at the LSE from 1950 until his death in 1973. He played an important role in establishing social policy and administration as scientific disciplines both in this country and internationally: his thinking and writing helped to shape the British Welfare State. He was also an influential teacher and adviser to the British Labour party and many governments abroad. His publications span diverse subjects including social class inequalities in health and disease; demography; income distribution and social change; the cost of the National Health Service; and the economic and moral aspects of blood donation..

• New introduction;Introduction: human blood and social policy;The transfusion of blood;The demand for blood in England and Wales and the United States;The supply of blood in England and Wales and the United States;The gift;The characteristics of blood donors in the United States;The characteristics of blood donors in England and Wales; Is the gift a good one?;Blood and the law of the marketplace;Blood donors in the former Soviet Union and other countries; A study of blood donor motivation in South Africa;Economic man: social man;Who is my stranger?;The right to give.