Blood donation within the family: the transmission of values and practices

Transfusion
Anne Quéniart

Abstract

This article presents the results of our study, which aimed to examine the role of family in the transmission of practices and values associated with blood donation. Fifty-two qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted in the province of Quebec, Canada. They were categorized into three distinct dyads (one parent and one child interviewed per dyad): 1) parent donor/child donor (10 dyads); 2) parent nondonor/child donor (8 dyads); and 3) parent donor/child nondonor (8 dyads). Our results point to two kinds of families: in the first type, blood donation has been an integral "part of life" for generations and we can observe a process of transmission--a set of practices that encompasses imitation or modeling. In the second type of family, the act of donating blood was perceived and defined as an individual one, in the sense of personal, and sometimes even as a private gesture: a majority of young donors started giving at their colleges' blood drives without discussing it with their families.

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Sep 29, 2007·Transfusion Medicine Reviews·Megan Alessandrini
Oct 6, 2009·Journal of Public Economics·Mark O WilhelmRichard Steinberg
Dec 4, 2012·Journal of Women & Aging·Anne Quéniart, Michèle Charpentier

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Nov 29, 2014·Journal of Blood Transfusion·Pule Ishmael PuleDereje Habte
Aug 26, 2017·Journal of Clinical Apheresis·Johanne CharbonneauBalia Fainstein
Mar 30, 2019·Journal of Religion and Health·Miriane ZucolotoEdson Martinez
Mar 25, 2018·Transfusion·Vera RaivolaJukka Partanen

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