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PDFCurrent controversy
Increasing physician protection against prosecution: unjustified and unwise
- Correspondence to Gary Levvis, Philosophy Department, University of Connecticut, 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT 06790-2699, USA; Gary.levvis{at}uconn.edu
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Increasing physician protection against prosecution: unjustified and unwise
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- Received April 10, 2013
- Revised June 13, 2013
- Accepted July 9, 2013
- First published July 30, 2013.
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April 27, 2016
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