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Bono, J.J. (2000). The Human Genome, Difference, and Disease: Nature, Culture, and New Narratives for Medicine’s Future. In: Wear, S., Bono, J.J., Logue, G., McEvoy, A. (eds) Ethical Issues in Health Care on the Frontiers of the Twenty-First Century. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 65. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46879-4_6

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