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Transforming the Future of Public Health Law Education through a Faculty Fellowship Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Charity Scott
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 44 , Issue S1: Transforming the Future of Public Health Law Education through a Faculty Fellowship Program , Spring 2016 , pp. 6 - 17
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2016

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