Clinical Ethics Committees: A due process wasteland?

Clinical Ethics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-104

  Mclean, Sheila AM ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84992784735     PISSN: 14777509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ce.2008.008015     Document Type: Article

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