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Nelkin, D. (2000). From Promises of Progress to Portents of Peril: Public Responses to Genetic Engineering. 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_8
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