Group Judgment and the Medical Consensus Conference

Philosophy of Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 239-254

  Solomon, Miriam ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84878285547     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-51787-6.50009-X     Document Type: Chapter

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