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Spinning the globe offers lessons in health care
A quick skip around the globe shows that a lot of what the president is calling for in his bid for health care reform has already played out successfully in many other countries, writes Art Caplan, Ph.D. Full story
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Arthur Caplan

Director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania

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