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Return of Research Results: What about the Family?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Susan M. Wolf
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 43 , Issue 3 , Autumn 2015 , pp. 437 - 439
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2015

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