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  1. Division of General Internal Medicine and Center for Medical Ethics, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, 15261, Pittsburgh, PA

    Gary S. Fischer MD & Robert M. Arnold MD

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Fischer, G.S., Arnold, R.M. Measuring the effectiveness of ethics education. J Gen Intern Med 9, 655–656 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02600316

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