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Social values and the corruption argument against financial incentives for healthy behaviour
- Correspondence to Dr Rebecca CH Brown, Health Services Research Unit, Third Floor Health Sciences Building, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK; rebecca.brown{at}abdn.ac.uk
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Social values and the corruption argument against financial incentives for healthy behaviour
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- Received January 6, 2016
- Revised August 19, 2016
- Accepted September 19, 2016
- First published October 13, 2016.
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February 22, 2017
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