The jesica santillan tragedy: Lessons learned

Hastings Center Report

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 15-20

  Resnick, David ^a  

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EID: 9944261077     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3528375     Document Type: Short Survey

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1. The facts in this essay have been gathered from a series of front- page articles that appeared in The Raleigh News and Observer, 13-29 February 2003, reported by Sarah Avery, Angela Heywood Bible, Vicki Cheng, Matthew Eisley, Christina Headrick, Amy Martinez, Yonat Shimron, and John Wagner.
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