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PDFJME40: Good medical ethics
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Bioethics: why philosophy is essential for progress
- Correspondence to Professor Julian Savulescu, Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Suite 8, Littlegate House, Oxford OX1 1PT, UK; julian.savulescu{at}philosophy.ox.ac.uk
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Bioethics: why philosophy is essential for progress
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- Received October 30, 2014
- Accepted November 3, 2014
- First published December 16, 2014.
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December 16, 2014
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