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The virtues (and vices) of the four principles
- Correspondence to: A V Campbell, Centre for Ethics im Medicine, University of Bristol, 73 St Michael’s Hill, Bristol BS2 8BH, UK; alastair.campbell{at}bristol.ac.uk
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The virtues (and vices) of the four principles
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- Accepted June 25, 2003
- First published September 30, 2003.
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April 27, 2016
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