Individually Directed Informed Consent and the Decline of the Family in the West

Philosophy and Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-62

  Cherry, Mark J ^a  

^a ST EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85140208373     PISSN: 03767418     EISSN: 22150080     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-12120-8_3     Document Type: Chapter

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