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Editorial
. 2002 Apr 13;324(7342):864-5.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.864.

Medicalisation, limits to medicine, or never enough money to go around?

Nick Freemantle, Suzanne Hill
Editorial

Medicalisation, limits to medicine, or never enough money to go around?

Nick Freemantle et al. BMJ. .
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