Medical paternalism and expensive unsubsidised drugs.

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Published in BMJ on November 05, 2005

Authors

Michael Jefford1, Julian Savulescu, Jacqui Thomson, Penelope Schofield, Linda Mileshkin, Emilia Agalianos, John Zalcberg

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Haematology and Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Locked Bag 1, A'Beckett Street, Victoria 8006, Australia. Michael.Jefford@petermac.org

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