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The Sale of Organs and Obligations to One’s Body: Inferences from the Histoy of Ethics

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Bole, T.J. (1999). The Sale of Organs and Obligations to One’s Body: Inferences from the Histoy of Ethics. In: Cherry, M.J. (eds) Persons and Their Bodies: Rights, Responsibilities, Relationships. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 60. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46866-2_14

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