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PDFClinical ethics
Medically valid religious beliefs
- Gregory Lawrence Bock, Philosophy Department, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 801 McClung Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA; gbock{at}utk.edu
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Medically valid religious beliefs
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- Received June 20, 2007
- Revised September 19, 2007
- Accepted September 24, 2007
- First published May 29, 2008.
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April 27, 2016
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