Malpractice mobs: Medical dispute resolution in China

Columbia Law Review

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 181-264

  Liebman, Benjamin L ^a  

^a The Earth Institute at Columbia University   (United States)

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EID: 84878358413     PISSN: 00101958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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