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The Ethical Health Lawyer: The Ethical Health Lawyer in the Legislature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Christie L. Hager
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 35 , Issue 4 , Winter 2007 , pp. 744 - 747
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2007

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