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Compulsory medical intervention versus external constraint in pandemic control
- Correspondence to Dr Thomas Douglas, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 1PT, Oxfordshire, UK; thomas.douglas{at}philosophy.ox.ac.uk
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Compulsory medical intervention versus external constraint in pandemic control
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- Received May 12, 2020
- Revised June 30, 2020
- Accepted July 12, 2020
- First published August 20, 2020.
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November 29, 2021
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