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Ethics Committees: Promise or Peril?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2021

Richard A. McCormick
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Law, Medicine and Healthcare , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , September 1984 , pp. 150 - 155
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© 1984 American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics

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