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Symposium on consent and confidentiality. J Med Ethics 2003;29:2–40
  1. J Schildmann1,
  2. A Cushing2,
  3. L Doyal2,
  4. J Vollmann3
  1. 1Institute for History of Medicine and Medical Ethics and Department of Medicine III, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
  2. 2Department of Human Science and Medical Ethics, Queen Mary’s School Of Medicine and Dentistry, Barts and The London, London, UK
  3. 3Institute for History of Medicine and Medical Ethics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
  1. Correspondence to:
 J Schildmann
 Institute for History of Medicine and Medical Ethics and Department of Medicine III, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany; jan.schildmannethik.med.uni-erlangen.de

https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2003.004192

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