'Red in tooth and claw': The idea of progress in medicine and the common law

Social and Legal Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 211-232

  Harrington, John A ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

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EID: 0038129411     PISSN: 09646639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096466390201100203     Document Type: Article

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