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Trust, Nostalgia and Narrative Accounts of Blood Banking in England in the 21st Century
Historically, cultural accounts and descriptions of blood banking in Britain have
been associated with notions of altruism, national solidarity and imagined
community. While these ideals have continued to be influential, the business of
procuring and supplying blood has become increasingly complex. Drawing on
interview data with donors in one blood centre in England, this article reports
that these donors tend not to acknowledge the complex dynamics of production and
exchange in modern blood systems. This, it is argued, is congruent with
nostalgic narratives in both popular and official accounts of blood services,
which tend to bracket these important changes. A shift to a more open
institutional narrative about modern blood services is advocated, as blood
services face current and future challenges