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Blood Banking and Regulation Procedures, Problems, and Alternatives (1996) / Chapter Skim
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V Postscript
Pages 103-106

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... Under those circumstances, a good process may be one that is not frozen in place by the uncertainties and that does not allow uncertainty always to play the trump suit over other values such as public perception, morality, ethics, and economic welfare and the fact that every cost incurred in one endeavor inflicts additional risks somewhere else. In addition, a good process would be one that minimizes disincentives and other adverse effects.
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... Our knowledge about alternative procedures is itself indeterminate. For that reason, among others, the notion of a pilot project makes good sense.
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