Impairment and disability: Law and ethics at the beginning and end of life

Impairment and Disability: Law and Ethics at the Beginning and End of Life

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-207

  McLean, Sheila ^a   Williamson, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203944981     Document Type: Book

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