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To nudge or not to nudge: cancer screening programmes and the limits of libertarian paternalism

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  • Thomas Ploug Centre for Applied Ethics and Philosophy of Science, Department of Communication, Aalborg University Copenhagen, Ballerup, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Søren Holm Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, School of Law, University of Manchester, Manchester, UKCenter for Medical Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • John Brodersen The Research Unit and Section for General Practice, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Thomas Ploug, Centre for Applied Ethics and Philosophy of Science, Department of Communication, Aalborg University Copenhagen, Lautrupvang 2B, 2750 Ballerup, Denmark; ploug{at}hum.aau.dk
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Ploug T, Holm S, Brodersen J
To nudge or not to nudge: cancer screening programmes and the limits of libertarian paternalism
J Epidemiol Community Health 2012;66:1193-1196.

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  • Accepted May 20, 2012
  • First published July 5, 2012.
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April 27, 2016

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