title: Non-remunerated donations.
abstract: The advantages of an all-volunteer system include safety of the donor and the recipient, ethics of not selling any part of one's body, enhanced community responsibility and increased stability of the donor corps. Although recruitment of unpaid donors is more difficult and more expensive than that of paid donors, it can be carried out successfully, and reasonable needs of plasma products can be met by using voluntary donors only.
authors.affiliation: Finnish Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Helsinki.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leikola
mesh_terms: D001688:Biological Products / Q000600:supply & distribution; D001771:Blood Banks / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D001779:Blood Coagulation Factors; D001782:Blood Donors; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000592:standards; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000635:transmission; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D010956:Plasmapheresis / Q000592:standards; D012449:Safety; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000592:standards; D014838:Volunteers
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D001779:Blood Coagulation Factors