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Facing Limits: Ethics and Health Care for the Elderly. Gerald R. Winslow and James W. Walters (eds.). Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993, 308 pp. US$44.00 paper. ISBN 0-8133-8504-0. Westview Press, 5500 Central Ave., Boulder, CO 80301-2847, USA.

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Facing Limits: Ethics and Health Care for the Elderly. Gerald R. Winslow and James W. Walters (eds.). Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993, 308 pp. US$44.00 paper. ISBN 0-8133-8504-0. Westview Press, 5500 Central Ave., Boulder, CO 80301-2847, USA.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

Susan K. McIntosh
Susan K. McIntosh*
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Case Western Reserve University, USA
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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , August 1995 , pp. 279 - 281
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