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Psychiaric Health Care Proxies in Massachusetts: Much To Do About Nothing, So Far

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Geller, J. (2002). Psychiaric Health Care Proxies in Massachusetts: Much To Do About Nothing, So Far. In: Backlar, P., Cutler, D.L. (eds) Ethics in Community Mental Health Care. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47558-8_11

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