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The Tenth Circuit Finds a Constitutionally Protected Right to Privacy in Prescription Drug Records

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Juliana Han
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , Spring 2006 , pp. 134 - 136
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2006

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