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‘Doctor’s orders’ are increasingly a thing of the past. People are better informed now than they used to be and expect to take a much more active part in decisions affecting their health. To do this they need advice — which they may, however, find very confusing.
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Meade, T.W. (1981). What should we tell people?. In: Fentem, P.H. (eds) Good health—is there a choice?. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-81354-4_7
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