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A long shadow: Nazi doctors, moral vulnerability and contemporary medical culture
- Correspondence to Alessandra Colaianni, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 9 N Montford Avenue, Baltimore, MA 21224, USA; ccolaia1{at}jhmi.edu
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A long shadow: Nazi doctors, moral vulnerability and contemporary medical culture
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- Received November 11, 2011
- Revised March 23, 2012
- Accepted March 26, 2012
- First published May 3, 2012.
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