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Why are women more willing donors than men?

Why is there a gender imbalance when it comes to the donation of organs, blood and tissue, and what can be done about it?

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The leukaemia diagnosis I didn’t see coming

Treatment for leukaemia kept journalist Hannah Partos in isolation, like the female prisoner whose image inspired her to write this piece.

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Hands-on healthcare

A young hospital volunteer feared her contribution was a long way from the serious business of real healthcare. But time spent painting patients’ nails proved to be a valuable contribution to life on the ward.

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Medics, migration and the NHS

In the 1960s the NHS became Britain’s biggest employer. So to help fill all those jobs, the government brought in thousands of workers from abroad.

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  • A soldier promotes blood donation in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Kenya National Blood Transfusion Service, ca. 2000.
  • If he should fall, is your blood there to save him? : The Emergency Blood Transfusion Service needs blood donors / A. Games.
  • The blood which you so generously gave has been used by the fighting forces ... / Army Blood Transfusion Service ; [illustrated by] Charles Thomas.
  • The blood which you so generously gave has been used by the fighting forces ... / Army Blood Transfusion Service ; [illustrated by] Charles Thomas.
  • A dripping blood droplet against a yellow background representing an advertisement for blood banks as part of the AIDS prevention scheme by the AIIMS Blood Transfusion Service and NGO AIDS Cell, New Delhi. Colour lithograph by N.R. Nanda, ca. 1994.
  • A dripping blood droplet against a yellow background representing an advertisement for blood banks as part of the AIDS prevention scheme by the AIIMS Blood Transfusion Service and NGO AIDS Cell, New Delhi. Colour lithograph by N.R. Nanda, ca. 1994.
  • A sunflower, a symbol of bringing life back by giving blood; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the AIIMS Blood Transfusion Service and NGO AIDS Cell, New Delhi. Colour lithograph by N.R. Nanda, ca. January 1994.
  • A sunflower, a symbol of bringing life back by giving blood; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the AIIMS Blood Transfusion Service and NGO AIDS Cell, New Delhi. Colour lithograph by N.R. Nanda, ca. January 1994.
  • A man receiving a blood transfusion correctly, another man incorrectly and a nurse administering an injection in the arm of a woman under supervision; the nurse then administers immunisations into numerous babies under no supervision; a warning about the dangers of using unsterilized equipment and contracting the HIV virus by Spitnacs, Societal Projects Information Training Networking and Consultancy Services. Colour lithograph, ca 1997.
  • Appeal for blood donors in Kenya. Colour lithograph bu Sunburst Communications, 2010.
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