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J Med Ethics. 1994 Mar; 20(1): 31–35.
PMCID: PMC1376371

Paying donors and the ethics of blood supply.

Abstract

Countries may be erring in the current trend towards relying entirely on volunteers to fulfil blood and plasma needs. Complementing uncompensated blood with compensated blood is vitally necessary not only effectively to meet the blood and plasma needs of most countries, but it is also ethically sound.

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