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Healthcare Ethics Committees: Re-examining their Social and Moral Functions

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Engelhardt, H.T. Healthcare Ethics Committees: Re-examining their Social and Moral Functions. HEC Forum 11, 87–100 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008924324241

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