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“You can’t handle the truth”; medical paternalism and prenatal alcohol use
- Colin Gavaghan, School of Law, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK; C.Gavaghan{at}law.gla.ac.uk
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“You can’t handle the truth”; medical paternalism and prenatal alcohol use
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- Received December 1, 2008
- Accepted January 15, 2009
- First published April 30, 2009.
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April 30, 2009
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