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World Service,14 Oct 1998,13 mins

Global Health Priorities - Health Rationing

Health Matters

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How government's set health priorities and America's Amish community builds its own clinic. How where you live will decide what treatments you get. A conference in England, UK aims to address how governments can make difficult decisions on what treatments to give to who. Also in the programme the US gets its first Amish-only clinic.

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