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Innovative Solutions to Closing the Health Gap between Rich and Poor: A Special Symposium on Global Health Governance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Lawrence O. Gostin  and
Emily A. Mok
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , Fall 2010 , pp. 451 - 458
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