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The Ethical Health Lawyer: The Ethics of Lawyer-Ethicists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Amy L. McGuire ,
Mary A. Majumder  and
J. Richard Cheney
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , Fall 2005 , pp. 603 - 607
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2005

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