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Covert administration of medication in food: a worthwhile moral gamble?
- Correspondence to Dr Laura Guidry-Grimes, Medical Humanities and Bioethics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA; LGuidryGrimes{at}uams.edu
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Covert administration of medication in food: a worthwhile moral gamble?
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- Received August 10, 2019
- Revised December 6, 2019
- Accepted December 17, 2019
- First published February 14, 2020.
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June 21, 2021
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