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Should patients with self-inflicted illness receive lower priority in access to healthcare resources? Mapping out the debate
- Correspondence to Kerith Sharkey, c/o Associate Professor Lynn Gillam, Centre for Health and Society, Melbourne School of Population Health, Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia; kerithsharkey{at}gmail.com
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Should patients with self-inflicted illness receive lower priority in access to healthcare resources? Mapping out the debate
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- Received July 11, 2009
- Revised June 29, 2010
- Accepted July 8, 2010
- First published September 3, 2010.
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October 21, 2010
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