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. 2009 Sep;2(5):514-6.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.109.871855.

Patients as mercenaries?: the ethics of using financial incentives in the war on unhealthy behaviors

Scott D Halpern  1 , Kristin M Madison, Kevin G Volpp
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Patients as mercenaries?: the ethics of using financial incentives in the war on unhealthy behaviors

Scott D Halpern et al. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2009 Sep.
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