Margaret McCartney: Stop relying on charity
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Margaret McCartney: Stop relying on charity.
In the past week three young people have come to my door, with lanyards and branded T shirts, asking me to pledge regular donations to charity. Each represented a big, national, medical charity, the kinds withmarketingmanagers and campaign teams. I said no to each one, which prompted two of them to enter into sales pitches about how helping to set up a direct debit would “just take a minute.” B...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1756-1833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h2034