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Recent Developments in Health Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Sharon Hussong ,
Alina Zanetti ,
Paul S. Lim ,
Kristin O'Connell ,
Jamison Narbaitz ,
Allyson R. Behm  and
Joanna Bergmann
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , Winter 1999 , pp. 380 - 387
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 1999

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