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This article first appeared in the American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Philosophy and Medicine (University of Delaware, Neward, DE) 88 (2), Copywrite March 1989: 88–94. The author has made minor changes in this version.
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Mahowald, M.B. Hospital ethics committees: Diverse and problematic. HEC Forum 1, 237–246 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00057916
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