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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | Medical Cost-Benefit Ethics | PBS

Duration: 08:18
Program: Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly #1441
Broadcast Date: Jun. 10, 2011

Expensive cancer-fighting drugs are sparking ethical debate about the tremendous costs and small benefits of some new treatments.

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