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World Service,22 Jul 1994,13 mins

A Patient's Right To Know

Health Matters

Available for over a year

Patients right to know about their healthcare; the causes of severe indigestion. The programme follows a young woman as she attempts to find out the cause of the heartburn she has suffered daily since her teens. Later in the programme, one doctor whose ethical quest for patient/clinician openness is being taken up by the World Health Organisation.

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