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Politics over economics, fist over hand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2007

CALUM PATON*
Affiliation:
Professor of Health Policy and Director, Centre for Health Planning and Management, UK
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*Correspondence to: Calum Paton, Professor of Health Policy and Director, Centre for Health Planning and Management, University of Keele, UK. Email: c.paton@keele.ac.uk

Extract

I am grateful for two respondents as perceptive as Ian Greener and Nick Timmins. Greener’s response allows me in turn to extend my argument. Timmins’ response challenges my case, allowing me to defend it – while his sharp political ‘nose’ sniffs out trends in policy with which I agree.

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