Pulling the plug on clinical equipoise: A critique of miller and weijer

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 203-226

  Gifford, Fred ^a  

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EID: 38049126058     PISSN: 10546863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ken.2007.0020     Document Type: Article

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