Resource expenditure not resource allocation: Response to McDougall on cloning and dignity

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 330-334

  Williams, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 69649102796     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2008.026054     Document Type: Letter

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