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Toward Methodological Innovation in Empirical Ethics Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

MICHAEL DUNN ,
MARK SHEEHAN ,
TONY HOPE  and
MICHAEL PARKER
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Special Section: Empirical Ethics
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , October 2012 , pp. 466 - 480
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