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  1. This depends on whether one is a sociologist in bioethics (one who uses social science to answer bioethical questions) or a sociologist of bioethics (one who uses bioethics to answer sociological questions). See De Vries (2004).

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This work was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (U.S.) National Library Medicine (1G13LM008781-01) to De Vries.

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De Vries, R.G., Kim, S.Y.H. Bioethics and the sociology of trust: introduction to the theme. Med Health Care and Philos 11, 377–379 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-008-9158-7

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