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Editorial
The ideal health minister
  1. J Dwyer
  1. Health Services Management, La Trobe University, Victoria 3086, Australia and Board Chair, Australian Resource Centre for Hospital Innovations
  1. Correspondence to:
 Professor J Dwyer;
 judith.dwyer{at}latrobe.edu.au

https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.56.12.888

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