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Section 1 - The Context of Healthcare Ethics Committee Work

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2022

D. Micah Hester
Affiliation:
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine
Toby L. Schonfeld
Affiliation:
National Center for Ethics in Health Care, US Department of Veterans Affairs
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