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Commentary: Organ Retrieval from Anencephalic Infants: Understanding the AMA's Recommendations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

David Orentlicher
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , Winter 1995 , pp. 401 - 402
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 1995

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