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Distinguishing Professionalism and Heroism When Disaster Strikes

Reflections on 9/11, Ebola, and Other Emergencies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 September 2015

JOSEPH J. FINS
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , October 2015 , pp. 373 - 384
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