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  1. Dorothy C. Rasinski-Gregory M.D., J.D.
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Rasinski-Gregory, D.C., Miller, R.B. & Kutner, F.R. Improving Hospital Ethics Committees: Cross cultural concerns and their procedural implications. HEC Forum 1, 137–150 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00057984

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