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Are patients morally responsible for their errors?
- Correspondence to: Dr S Buetow Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand; s.buetow{at}auckland.ac.nz
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Are patients morally responsible for their errors?
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- Received March 22, 2005
- Accepted July 13, 2005
- Revised July 12, 2005
- First published April 28, 2006.
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April 28, 2006
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