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The Global Organ Trade

A Case in Point

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 April 2013

OFRA GREENBERG
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Bioethics beyond Borders
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , July 2013 , pp. 238 - 245
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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