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Radio 4,21 Aug 2008,30 mins

Trust Me, I'm a Patient

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Consumer-driven health care is a hot political issue. But as patients, we demand treatments of unproven worth, regardless of cost, in an apparent frenzy of health anxiety. Michael Blastland asks if patients are fit to take charge in what is being described as a historic shift in power.

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