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Interpreting Strange Practices

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Confucian Bioethics

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  1. Institute for the Medical Humanities, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA

    Ronald A. Carson

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    Ruiping Fan

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Carson, R.A. (1999). Interpreting Strange Practices. In: Fan, R. (eds) Confucian Bioethics. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 61. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46867-0_8

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