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Should the practice of medicine be a deontological or utilitarian enterprise?
- Correspondence to Dr Peter Davies, GP Principal, Keighley Road Surgery, Illingworth, Halifax HX2 9LL, UK; npgdavies{at}blueyonder.co.uk
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Should the practice of medicine be a deontological or utilitarian enterprise?
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- Received February 19, 2010
- Revised December 1, 2010
- Accepted December 10, 2010
- First published January 29, 2011.
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April 20, 2011
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