Veins of Devotion: Blood Donation and Religious Experience in North India

by Jacob Copeman

Book Overview

According to public health orthodoxy, blood for transfusion is safer when derived from voluntary, nonremunerated donors. As developing nations phase out compensated blood collection efforts to comply with this current policy, many struggle to keep their blood stores up.

Veins of Devotion details recent collaborations between guru-led devotional movements and public health campaigns to encourage voluntary blood donation in northern India. Focusing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813544491
• ISBN13: 9780813544496
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.7"