Use or ornament? Clinical ethics committees in infertility units: A qualitative study

Clinical Ethics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-97

  Frith, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84992791333     PISSN: 14777509     EISSN: 1758101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ce.2009.009009     Document Type: Article

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